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The P-64 was drawn from a competition for a new service pistol issued in 1958. At the prototype stage, two versions of the CZAK pistol were created: the Model M (Milicyjny - Police), with a magazine capacity of 6 rounds and chambered to use the .380 ACP (9×17mm Short) cartridge and the Model W (Wojskowy - Military), with a longer barrel than the Model M, a 6-round magazine capacity and ...
After the Polish defeat in 1939, the Germans took over the Radom Armoury and continued production of the Vis under the new name of 9 mm Pistole 645(p), which was for some reason often rendered as P 35(p) (the suffix "p" means "polnisch") [8] (the German pistols of the first series had inscriptions VIS Mod.35 and P.35(p) on the left side [9]).
The company was founded in the Second Polish Republic to produce firearms for the Polish Armed Forces. In 1925, the main building, steel hardening shop, power plant, boiler room, woodshop, bath, and the workers’ houses were erected.
In 1993, they started work on the new pistol, at the Łucznik Arms Factory in Radom, Poland. It was intended primarily for the Polish Army, to replace both the obsolete P-64 and the P-83 Wanad pistols. The obvious caliber choice was the more powerful, NATO standard 9×19mm Parabellum (9mm Luger), to replace the old 9×18mm Makarov. Since the ...
Pages in category "Semi-automatic pistols of Poland" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The P-83 succeeded the P-64 as the sidearm for the Polish Army and police. The P-83 is no longer used by both the Polish police but remains in use by some units of the Polish military. It has been replaced by Walther P99 pistols in Police service and partially by the FB VIS 100 and WIST-94 pistols in the Polish military.
I recently asked a friend how many firearms in his extensive collection were 100% American-made. "Three," he replied. That seems like very few considering that, as of 2023, around 393 million ...
WIST-94 was designed at Military Institute of Armament Technology (WITU) under the code name Piryt (Pyrite in Polish). Two prototypes were made in 1992, which differ in the barrel locking system: Model A01 used a rotary-locking system and Model B01 using conventional, Browning-type tilting barrel locking.