- Yes
- No
Germany has 7 pistols
Allies have 6 pistols
On contrary… USSR and Japan only have 4 pistols and its especially bad for USSR cuz one of the 4 isnt even Soviet in itself…
Lets start with the more popular nation…
Baltiets Pistol
It was created to address reliability issues with the standard TT pistol in extremely cold conditions, and was chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge. Although it passed testing and showed improved performance over the TT pistol, mass production was impossible due to the siege of Leningrad, and as a result only a small number of prototypes were ever made and became luxury weapon only for high rank officers. Whilst the Pistol has the same barrel length and magazine size as the TT pistol, it maintained the same or better performance whilst being a lighter weapon. It also featured double action mechanism over the TT pistol making it always ready without having to manually cock the hammer - ideal for quick draw suprise scenarios. Its sights and grip were much more ergonomic making it a more stable and accurate weapon to shoot.
Unfortunately… apart from their own 4 pistol designs of which 1 was this ultra rare one, the Baltiets, the soviets didnt have anything else other than lend lease Colt M1911 and German C96 Mausers.
Next up is Japan…
Type 5 Pistol ‘Suguira’
The whole pistol design was inspired by the American Colt M1903 Pistol.
The handgun is chambered in the .32 ACP (7.65mm browning) with a 8 round magazine.
The .32 ACP military round used during WW2 was the 73 grain FMJ round which would give this 4 inch barrel pistol a muzzle velocity of 320m/s.
Hino-Komuro Pistol
It used 3 cartidges but 8mm nambu was discarded early on.
.32 ACP version (Up to 8 round magazine) [8 inch barrel] - 340m/s velocity
.25 ACP version (Up to 15 round magazine) [8 inch barrel] - 270m/s velocity
