WWII Memorabilia

How popular were automatic pistols before 1950?

How well known where automatic pistols? In the eyes of the Public for instance? I know there where fully automatic pistols through WWII however they where not widely used (only by tank & artillery commanders) So if anyone has any ideas, proof, or if you think you have a educated opinion you are very welcome to help me.

General rule of thumb, pistols were a officers weapon in the infantry. Reason being if you had to kill one of your own men for mutiny or insubordination a pistol was not as clumsy in a trench or gun pit, sorry that's the hard reality of why an officer can carry a pistol and not an in-listed man. The m1911 was the automatic pistol of Choice for the U.S. 45.cal. used until the 1980's. The Germans had two in WW1 The 9mm parabellum luger, the mouser broom-handel, and in WW2 the Walther P38 and the walther PPK. The russians had the tokerov t-35 in WW2 and korea war. The British got the licence rights for the m1911 and produced automatics under browning, Webly also produced a 45.cal automatic pistol. Actually the pistol that killed the most people in WW2 was the single shot "Liberator" it was a OSS weapon made to be dropped behind enemy lines and used in covert operations by resistance fighters. It was crude, made of stamped steel only the trigger, spring, striking bolt and firing pin and barrel was solid steel, at the cost of $3.50 to produce.

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