the soviets and Germans have a good variety of handguns from pocket pistol right up to full size c-96, meanwhile the Allies only have the 1911, it would be nice to perhaps also see other options such as a webley revolver (could be both .455 webley (pre-ww2 but after dunkirk we’re brought back into service) and .38 webley revolvers), even the later enfield pattern revolvers as a literal reskin with lower stats could be introduced to give essentially 3 different guns with very few changes needed besides minor changes to the model and stat tweaking, additionally the browning Hi power could be introduced on both the German and Canadian sides (possibly even British if that’s ever added) as a very high tier gun, after that there’s a revolver on the American side called the m1917 revolver in .45 acp.
on top of the obvious lack of handguns on the allied side this does offer quite nicely the final thing in the weapons list to add british and canadian units to actually make use of the commonwealth weapons already in the game.
While military sidearms continue to be generally associated with NCOs and officers, the use of handguns was much more widespread in the Second World War.
Many soldiers carried handguns in addition to their main small arm, and this was especially true for paratroopers, military police, and generally any enlisted man who felt the need for a little extra firepower.
And as with the other small arms of World War II, most handguns were distinctive and unique to each respective nation. As a result, the handguns of the era have become quite iconic, and in some cases, even a bit infamous. Here is a look at the sidearms of the Allies:
Colt M1911A1 (USA)
Often known as the .45, the M1911 was actually a holdover from the First World War. This single-action, semi-automatic handgun was magazine-fed and recoil-operated. As noted by its famous moniker, it fired the .45 ACP cartridge.
M1917 Revolver, formally United States Revolver, Caliber .45, M1917 (USA)
While it might seem anachronistic to develop a revolver following the development of the Colt M1911 pistol, the United States military had a shortage supplying the latter during the First World War and turned to Colt and Smith & Wesson, two of the largest producers of civilian revolvers, to adapt their heavy-frame civilian sidearms to the standard .45 ACP pistol cartridge. The result was the M1917 Revolver, which improved upon the 1890s era .38 caliber Colt and S&W revolvers.
While primarily used by secondary and non-deployed troops, the M1917 saw service in both World Wars and even remained in service at the start of the Cold War. It remains an iconic gun of the inter-war era handgun and can be seen as Indiana Jones’ choice of sidearms in the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Browning Hi-Power (Beligum/USA)
The Vis was not the only handgun produced prior to World War II that was seemingly based on the M1911, as the Browning Hi-Power can attest. The gun was actually based on a design by John Browning and completed by Dieudonné Saive. The Hi-Power actually was one of the most widely used military pistols after World War II, but at the outbreak of the war, was mainly produced in Belgium and the United States. Unlike the M1911, it was chambered for the 9mm and featured a 13-round magazine.
Interestingly, the Hi-Power pistol was used throughout World War II by both Allied and Axis forces, with the Germans producing models at the Fabrique Nationale (FN) plant in Belgium. Those made in German bear German inspection and acceptance marks, and those guns were used by the Waffen-SS and paratrooper units.
I’ve often said the same thing been playing for months now have lots of cards silver, bronze even gold can’t buy a pistol guess it would unbalance the game and would be unfair.