At that time, whether in the civil society or in the army, there were some popular general names for pistols, such as most pistols were called "pistols" in the north, and "curved rulers" in the south.

The word "撸" itself is a northern dialect, which originally means "quickly dialing", and the short pistol is fast to shoot and load; Therefore, "masturbation" is named after the action of "masturbation".

The names of various pistols are as follows: German Picker, Continental Picker, Huakou Picker, Chicken Leg Picker (Southern Wangba Box), Luo Guo Picker (Luger P08) and so on.

The southern saying of "curved ruler" is described from the shape of the pistol, and the "curved ruler" is a tool used by carpenters to measure the angle, and the sleeve and grip of the pistol are similar to the ruler body and handle of a "curved ruler" that is opened at a certain angle, hence the name.

Since most of the world's pistols appeared in China at that time, there were some folk evaluations for the more famous pistols, such as "one gun, two horses and three flowers, four snakes and five dogs open their mouths".

The "One Shot" is a Browning M1900 pistol, which has a small pistol pattern above the grip guard and on the left side of the sleeve base, so it is called the "gun brand picker".

"Erma" refers to the American Colt M1903 pistol, Colt (Colt) literally means pony, so the company uses a horse with its front hooves jumping up as a trademark, and it generally has such marks on the pistol sleeve and grip it produces.

"Sanhuakou" refers to the Browning M1910 pistol, which has a circle of knurling at the front end of the muzzle cap to prevent the fingers from slipping when removing the muzzle cap, so it is also called the "chrysanthemum mouth" pistol.

The "Four Snakes" refers to the German Sauer pocket pistol, which has two superimposed "S" letters in the art style on the grip guard, and is deliberately designed to be in the shape of a snake (actually a leopard's tail).

The "Five Dogs" is one of the masterpieces of the pocket pistol made in Spain, and claims to be "the best automatic pistol". The gun has a caliber of 6.35 mm and has a pattern of a running dog under the grip guard.

The "open-mouth kick" refers to the later German M1934 7.65mm pistol, which is characterized by the front end of the sleeve being completely open, and the upper part of the barrel being exposed, making it appear as if the "mouth" is open from the front. "Pedal" is to describe the gun throwing the shell neatly and neatly.

Most of the names of their home-made pistols are self-made, such as the pouting pistol, which has to pinch the grip down after firing so that it can be withdrawn, also known as the "two-pinch pistol", "pouting handle", and "skimming" gun.

This kind of earthen gun can only fire one bullet at a time, so it is also called "single-hit one"; The protruding hammer ends in the shape of a bull's horn, and the home-made pistol is called a "unicorn".

These earthen guns are also of various calibers, some fire pistol bullets, some even fire rifle bullets from a wide range of sources, most of them are not rifled, they are smoothbore, and can only be used at close range; Although there is no rifling, it is still very powerful at close range due to the use of rifle cartridges.

In addition to imported, imitated, and home-made, there were also captured on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, mainly the junior officers of the Japanese army were mainly equipped with southern 14-year-style pistols, because the leather holster used, the flap part was particularly large, and it looked a little like a turtle shell, which was contemptuously called "Wang Ba Box" by the Chinese.

The barrel of the southern 14 in Japan is thin, and the handle of the gun is very large, and it looks like a chicken leg, so in addition to the "Wang Ba box", the northerners also call the southern 14 "chicken leg picker".

Ordinary people always think that the "Wang Ba Box" is a small and unreliable pistol, and some people even say that Japanese officers often use it to commit suicide.

Because the muzzle velocity of the southern 14th is not high and the muzzle kinetic energy is small, the elastic performance of the military pistol can only be regarded as barely qualified, and when used for self-defense, the volume and weight of the bullet and pistol are slightly larger; In addition, its shell throwing window is directly above the design, which can easily hurt yourself when you shoot a gun.

But the "Wang Ba Box" is not useless, its recoil is softer, the muzzle noise is smaller, the firing feel is relatively smooth, the trigger retainer is large, it is convenient to shoot with thick gloves in winter, the grip is natural and comfortable, and it is also more stable when shooting, which is very suitable for some female soldiers.

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After the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), the government began to reorganize the army, and weapons began to be generalized, and the German-made Mauser 1896 automatic pistol (barge gun, box gun, etc.) was selected to equip battalion company and platoon-level officers, as well as guard troops and special forces; Browning pistols were used by mid- and high-ranking officers above the battalion level.

Note: At that time, the special forces were not the current special forces, which generally referred to combat vehicles, engineers, health, communications and other troops, as well as personnel who held special tasks, such as scouts, secret workers and detectives; Sometimes artillerymen and machine gunners are also called special forces.

However, many high-ranking officers at and above the division level have no one to care about their guns, and they can wear whatever pistols they want, either gold or diamonds, and there is no standard to speak of; At that time, there were basically pistols in the world, and they probably appeared in China.

There are also political dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and gentry who wear this kind of pistol, which generally reflects the value of the user, and this kind of pistol is small, light and exquisite, which can be used to watch and play at ordinary times, and can defend oneself at critical moments, and is still a component of military clothing for officers.

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Standard pistols German-made Mauser 1896, developed and produced in 1896, there are several different types, 7.63mm caliber (according to the current popular saying is .32, 0.32 inches, about 7.63 mm) There are 6 rounds, 10 rounds, 20 rounds of magazines, and in 1916, 9mm caliber pistols were added.

The Mauser 1896 weighs 1.16kg, has a total length of 288mm, fires 7.63x25mm pistol rounds, has a muzzle velocity of 400 m/s, an effective range of 50 meters, and a theoretical rate of fire of 90 rounds per minute.

Mauser 1896 is referred to as the Type 96 pistol, which is commonly known as "barge gun", "box gun", "box gun", etc., and is mostly called "self-deed" pistol in official documents.

Since its holster is a wooden box, it is called a box gun; There are detachable 10-round 20-round magazines (Mauser M1935 after 1932), which are called pot-bellied magazines if equipped with 20-round magazines; Its gun body is wide, so it is also called "large mirror"; It has a fully automatic function, also known as a "fast and slow machine".

The reason why barge guns are so common and famous in China is because since the beginning of the warlord melee in China, countries around the world have imposed military embargoes on China at that time, from aircraft cannons to rifle bullets, all of which are on the list of embargoes.

Europeans consider pistols to be defensive weapons, so pistols are not on the embargoed list, and they believe that Mauser pistols are not as powerful as rifles, and they are larger and heavier than ordinary pistols.

Moreover, after the Mauser pistol was fired continuously, due to the large recoil, when the gun was fired, the head of the gun jumped up very strongly, and it was difficult to control the impact point with one hand.

From 1896 to 1939, more than one million Mauser pistols were produced, and more than 400,000 were imported into China.

As for the difficulty of controlling the impact point of the shell gun with one hand, in fact, there is also a solution, the original factory is to attach the handle to the wooden gun box to form a temporary butt, shoot against the shoulder, reduce recoil.

In the practice of Chinese soldiers, the barge gun is held horizontally, the vertical side of the gun magazine is facing up into a plane, when the gun is fired, the gun head jumps horizontally, and when the bullet is fired continuously, the bullet is no longer constantly flying upward, but horizontally into a fan, similar to a small submachine gun, which is very useful in close combat.

As a result, a large number of shell guns can be seen on both sides in every battlefield in China; Among them, the more prominent is the Northwest Army; The Northwest is known for its ferocious melee combat, in which they often have a large knife in one hand and a shell gun in the other, and they have a good combination of fast and slow near and far.

Therefore, officers at all levels of the Northwest Army, from the corps to the brigade, control a pistol team, and the size of this pistol team ranges from company to regiment; Han Fuyu's department also maintained the establishment of a pistol brigade for a long time.

In the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), when the government reorganized the army, in each integrated division, all infantry companies were equipped with 12 shell guns, and the company commander, deputy company commander, platoon commander and deputy platoon commander of three platoons, 8 were gone, plus the chief of the special service (secretary general) or the hygienist, and three sergeant platoon deputies, just 12 people.

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