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The Astra 400 is heavy compared to many contemporary service pistols of the time like the Tokarev TT-33 but is similar in weight and length to the Colt 1911. The Astra 400 was designed to be safe to fire with a simple blowback action unaided by any breech-locking devices. [5] This is only possible with a heavy slide and strong recoil spring.
Astra Unceta y Cía was a Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on 17 July 1908, under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta. [1] Initially based in Eibar, the centre of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica. Astra handguns: 250 INOX revolver, 3000 pistol, and Constable pistol
Astra 400 [5] Star Model 14; Astra M903; Astra 600; Ruby M1915; Campo-Giro; Bergmann-Bayard Model 1903: Produced under Spanish license; Pistol F. Ascaso; JO.LO.AR. Gaztañaga Destroyer; Mauser C96 M30 [6] Browning FN M1903; Beretta Model 1934
ASP pistol: Armament Systems and Procedures: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1970s-1989, 2002-2007 Astra 400: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1921–1950 Astra 600: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×19mm Parabellum Spain: 1944-1960s Astra Model 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1927-1951 Astra Model 903 ...
Astra 400 [2] Astra 900; Mauser C96; Machine guns. Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun [3] MG 08 [4] Chauchat (captured) Submachine guns. MP 28 SMG [5] Erma EMP [5] Artillery
ASP pistol: Armament Systems and Procedures (ASP) 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 1970s Astra 300: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA.32 ACP.380 ACP Spain: 1923 Astra 400: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1921 Astra 600: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×19mm Parabellum Spain: 1943 Astra A-60: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA.32 ACP.380 ACP Spain: 1969 Astra A-70 ...
Current standard service pistol of the Bundeswehr. In the meantime, the pistol has been upgraded to the P8A1 version with a reinforced breech. Another variant is the P8 Combat, which differs from the P8 in the lack of a safety lever. The P8 replaced the Walther P1, Colt M1911A1, SIG P210-4 and the Astra 600/43 as the soldiers' standard pistol ...
The 9mm Largo was developed by Theodor Bergmann and Hugo Schmeisser for the Bergmann–Bayard 1903 pistol. According to Janes, the Spanish military loads had a muzzle velocity of 400 m/s (1,300 ft/s) and a muzzle energy of 656 J. [1] While it's a powerful round, it was used in unlocked breech weapons such as the Astra pistol.