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The Ruger Standard Model is a rimfire semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1949 as the first product manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co., and was the founding member of a product line of .22 Long Rifle cartridge handguns, including its later iterations: the MK II, MK III, and MK IV.
The Ruger P series is a line of centerfire semi-automatic pistols made by Sturm, Ruger & Company produced from 1985 to 2013. The P-series pistols were designed for military, police, civilian and recreational use.
Ruger's MK II 22/45 target pistol.. Sturm, Ruger & Company was founded by William B. Ruger and Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 in a small rented machine shop in Southport, Connecticut.
Ruger MK II (1982–2005), an American semi-automatic pistol; Savage Mark II, a bolt action rimfire rifle. Ruger M77 Mark II, an American bolt-action rifle; Thin Man nuclear bomb or Mark 2 nuclear bomb (1945), a gun-type plutonium bomb; Mark II, a variant of the British Mark I tank; Merkava Mark II, a variant of the Israeli Merkava battle tank
Ruger LCP II (US – Semi-Automatic Pistol – .380 ACP) Ruger LC9 (US – Semi-Automatic – 9×19mm Parabellum) Ruger LC9s (US – Semi-Automatic – 9×19mm Parabellum) Ruger LC380 (US – Semi-Automatic – .380 ACP) Ruger Mk II (US – Semi-Automatic Pistol – .22 Long Rifle) Ruger Mk III (US – Semi-Automatic Pistol – .22 Long Rifle ...
Aserma ADP Mk II: Alex du Plessis 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W South Africa: 1991 Ashani: Indian Ordnance Factory.32 ACP India: 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 ...
Some other examples include the use of suppressed High Standard HDM pistols by the American OSS, which was the predecessor organization of the CIA. [24] Francis Gary Powers was issued a suppressed High Standard for the flight in which he was shot down. Suppressed Ruger MK II pistols were used by the US Navy SEALs in the 1990s. [33]
It is derived from "Wel" from "Welwyn" (a prefix used by covert equipment designed by Station IX) and "rod", gangland slang for gun, as a way to obscure its purpose. [1] The Welrod is designed for use by irregular forces and resistance groups, and is an extremely quiet gun due to its integrated silencer. Approximately 2,800 were made in wartime ...