The Spanish-made Star Modelo B pistol, which was quite popular in Latinĭesigned to be cheaper and faster to produce, it included a number Operating system of the Modelo 1927 but was based to a large degree on Known as the Ballester-Molina (it is also referred to as the Obtaining army and police contracts and for the civilian market. In 1938 the Hispano-Argentine Fabricas de Automobiles, SA of BuenosĪires, began production of a semiautomatic pistol in the hopes of The end of the ill-fated Falklands War (1982), many were included in theĪrms surrendered to the victorious British by the defeated Argentine Standard handgun of the Argentine armed forces, The Modelo 1927Ĭontinued to see service with the Argentine army and police. High Power, the Pistola Browning PD, in 1969 and while it became the began production of a licensed copy of the FN Production continued until 1966, with approximately 75,000 being These pistols were later issued to the Gendarmeria Army contracted for some for use in the Korean War, but they were It has been reported that in the early 1950s the Modelo 1927s were also sold to the military and police of other Issued to the army, navy, air force, federal police and local police
Modelo 1927s will be found with markings indicating they were Which branch of the armed forces-or police-the pistols were intendedįor. Side's markings will differ according to the date of production and Left side of the slide D.G.F.M.-(F.M.A.P.)-"D.G.F.M." standsįor Direccion General de Fabricaciones Militares, while the right Of the Argentine-produced Pistola Automatica Sistema Colt, Calibreġ1.25mm, Mod. In the early 1940s, production facilities were set and manufacture Rosario, a suburb of Buenos Aires, the Fabrica Militar de Armas Licensing agreement was reached with Colt that allowed the Argentine Colt produced 10,000 units for the Argentines.ĭuring the 1930s the Argentine army desired to reduce itsĭependence on foreign suppliers for small arms. New pistol the Pistola Automatica, Sistema Colt, Calibre 11.25mm, Modeloġ927. Pistol, the Argentines readily agreed to the substitution, baptizing the When Colt introduced the improved 1911 A1 World War I cut off supplies to Argentina, but by 1920 Colt had 1916, the Argentine pistols were standardĬommercial-grade 1911s with their slide markings in Spanish. Adopted as the Pistola Automatica, Sistema Colt,Ĭalibre 11.25mm, Mod. Was quick to recognize its superiority and placed an order with the When the new Colt was brought to its attention, the Argentine army
Prosperous and forward-looking nations, Argentina has always maintained One of the first Latin American armies to adopt the new Colt 1911 Report, I have decided to list the primary users/manufacturers of the In an attempt to organize what would otherwise be a convoluted Suited to their particular needs, desires or industrial capabilities. In this report we are not only going to examine the most prominentįoreign users of 1911 pistols but those countries that manufactured themĪnd, in some cases, modified the basic design to produce a pistol more Numbers of these were redistributed by their new owners to otherĬlient states, to say nothing of them being captured in variousĬonflicts and being used by their captors. In fact, any army that received American military aid fromġ941 to the 1990s probably received at least some of them as part of The 1940s and continuing for three decades, tens of thousands of 1911Īnd 1911A1 pistols were distributed as U.S. We think of the M1911 as the most American of pistols, but itsĬareer in other nations has been quite as long and distinguished.Ĭolt sold Government Models all over the world, and beginning in APA style: Foreign 1911 pistols colts, copies & clones: it may be America's favorite pistol, but the M1911 has served effectively with both friends and enemies around the globe.Foreign 1911 pistols colts, copies & clones: it may be America's favorite pistol, but the M1911 has served effectively with both friends and enemies around the globe." Retrieved from
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