Browning Hi-Power
Country: 
BelgiumManufacturer: FN Herstal
Belgian 9×19 Parabellum short-recoil semi-auto pistol with 13-round double-stack magazine; the last design of John Moses Browning, completed by Dieudonné Saive.
Browning Hi-Power
Community
Data trust
- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- Browning Hi-Power
- Alias
- FN GP-35 / P-35
- Manufacturer
- FN Herstal
- Country
- Belgium
- Year
- 1935
- Category
- Pistol
- Status
- Historic
Ballistics
- Caliber
- 9×19 mm Parabellum
- Muzzle velocity
- 335 m/s
- Effective range
- 50 m
- Maximum range
- 100 m
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 118 mm
- Overall length
- 200 mm
- Empty weight
- 0.99 kg
Mechanics
- Operating system
- Corto rinculo (Browning)
- Bolt / action
- Single action, hammer-fired
Feed
- System
- Caricatore amovibile bifilare
- Standard capacity
- 13 rounds
Fire modes
Historical profile
Started by John Browning in 1922 and finished after his death (1926) by Dieudonné Saive at FN, it was adopted by the Belgian Army in 1935 as the GP-35.
Produced during WWII both by German-occupied FN (Pistole 640(b) for the Wehrmacht) and by John Inglis of Canada (Hi-Power Mk I/Mk II for Commonwealth, China, Greece).
Standard sidearm of over 50 countries postwar (UK until 2013, Canada until 2022, Belgium until 1998); returned to production in 2022 by Springfield Armory and FN.
Variants
Main users
Belgium · United Kingdom · Canada · Australia · Israel · Argentina · over 50 countries
Key components
- ●Stock — Shoulder rest.
- ●Receiver — Weapon body with internal mechanisms.
- ●Grip — Primary grip.
- ●Magazine — Cartridge feed.
- ●Barrel — Guides the projectile.
