Personally, I can’t roll my tongue to create the nasally r-sound in French. So, now you know how the name for John Browning’s last pistol design came to be. The French military called the new service pistol in development the Grande Puissance, which translates roughly to “High Power”. The author examines the confusing and complicated history of the P-35 pistol, from its birth in Belgium to its use by the Nazis to its role today. Fresh off the War To End All Wars, or World War I, the French were keen on updating their sidearm, and the task was given to star firearms designer John Moses Browning, sage of everything that uses a trigger and goes bang.
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