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#1
04-06-2022, 08:24 AM
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What was the German impression of the Colt 1911 pistol?
Last edited by AdalineDDawson; 06-20-2022 at 02:11 AM. 
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#2
04-06-2022, 11:36 AM
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First, welcome.
Second I think I remember reading someplace they used a Norwegian maker to copy it. But my son says they didn't like the design at all. Kongsberg or Kongburg or something like that was the maker I think?
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04-06-2022, 12:22 PM
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German police and many German officers carried Walther PPs in 7.65mm (32 ACP). They probably viewed the 1911 as too much gun.
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04-06-2022, 02:38 PM
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Well... there really was no reason to copy the 1911. The Germans occupied territory that included FN... so they had all the Browning Hi Powers they could manufacture. I watched a clip of a German soldier carrying a pistol through the hedgerow country. I kept thinking it was a 1911. Nope... after a dozen watchings, that pistol, in my humble opine... was a Hi Power. Just wish JM Browning had lived to see that pistol through!
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COTEP: CBOB578 DW CCO SIG GSR 1911 SA Micro Compact and a spectacular cast of others! "You have never lived, until you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know." Guy de Maupassant, 1893. Anonymously, penned on a sign at a command post at Khe Sanh, RVN.
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04-06-2022, 02:40 PM
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BUTTTTTTT......the original poster wanted to know the German impression of the 1911. (tongue in cheek humor here).... I suppose it depends on which side of a 1911 is facing you.
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COTEP: CBOB578 DW CCO SIG GSR 1911 SA Micro Compact and a spectacular cast of others! "You have never lived, until you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know." Guy de Maupassant, 1893. Anonymously, penned on a sign at a command post at Khe Sanh, RVN.
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04-06-2022, 05:22 PM
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 can you see  in front of his mirror doing impressions? Pew Pew Pew....1911bap bap bap Browning auto machine gun krkrkrrrrooooo flame thrower followed by sirens.....fire dept.
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04-06-2022, 05:22 PM
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The Nazis actually produced 1911s at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk in occupied Norway.
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04-17-2022, 01:18 AM
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To the OP, From the articles and documents I can find it seems they were both enamored and terrified of it. The M1911 they found an interest in, enough so that they produced a version as you have seen. As for the 45 ACP round, they (as do many) feel it's to big and bulky. A soldier could carry more 9mm with larger capacity mags this was thought a tactical advantage. As it turns out in CQB like trench warfare, not so much. The size, weight and knockdown power of the 45 quickly earned it a feared reputation on the battle field, even more so with the introduction of the Thompson M1 and M3A1 grease gun. 
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