Mauser Pocket Pistols – an Introduction (Revised 14 Feb 2005) |
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Mauser HSc | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1940–1945 |
Used by | Nazi Germany France |
Wars | World War II, First Indochina War, Burundian Civil War[1] |
Production history | |
Designer | Alex Seidel |
Designed | 1935–36 |
Manufacturer | Mauser |
Produced | 1940–1977 |
No. built | Over 334,000[2] |
Variants | HSc Super |
Specifications | |
Mass | 700 g (1 lb 9 oz) unloaded |
Length | 152 mm (6.0 in) |
Barrel length | 86 mm (3.4 in) |
Cartridge | .32 ACP (7.65×17mm Browning SR) .380 ACP (9×17mm Short) |
Action | Blowback |
Muzzle velocity | 290 m/s (950 ft/s) with 7.65×17mm[3] |
Effective firing range | 40 metres (44 yd) |
Feed system | 8-round detachable box magazine (.32 ACP) 7-round detachable box magazine (.380 ACP) |
Sights | Fixed iron sights |
Production[edit]
- Army (Heer): 137,121 (54.4%)
- Navy (Kriegsmarine): 27,100 (10.8%)
- Police (Polizei): 28,300 (11.2%)
- Commercial (Civil): 59,467 (23.6%)
- Total: 251,988 (100.0%)
1914 Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers
1934 Mauser Pistol Serial Numbers
References[edit]
- ^Small Arms Survey (2007). 'Armed Violence in Burundi: Conflict and Post-Conflict Bujumbura'(PDF). The Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City. Cambridge University Press. p. 204. ISBN978-0-521-88039-8.
- ^[1] Mauser HSc Production History][permanent dead link]
- ^Chamberlain, Peter (1976). Axis pistols, rifles, and grenades. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco. p. 19. ISBN0668040769. OCLC2388349.
- The Mauser HSc Pistol, Burnham and Theodore, 2008,
- Mauser Pistolen, Weaver, Speed and Schmid, 2008
- Axis Pistols in World War II, Jan C. Still, 1989
- Mauser Pocket Pistols, Roy G. Pender, 1971
- German Pistols and Holsters 1934-1945, Maj. Robert Whittington 1969
External links[edit]
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