"Ermayina" refers to the American Colt M 1903 pistol. Colt literally means pony, so the company takes the horse with jumping front hoof as a trademark, and generally there are such marks on the sleeves and grips of the pistols it produces. This gun was also one of the common foreign pistols in China before liberation, and it was mostly used as police equipment besides military.
"Sanhuakou" refers to the Browning M 19 10 pistol. The front end of the muzzle cap of the gun is knurled, so that the fingers will not slip when the muzzle cap is removed, so it is also called "Juzui" pistol. The quantity of this kind of gun flowing into China is much less than that of the former two, and its application scope is mainly limited to senior officers and social elites.
What makes future generations admire especially is that these three kinds of pistols are all made by John, a prolific American gun designer. Moses? Browning's hand, so "Gunpai Luzi" and "Huazui Luzi" are often collectively referred to as Browning (the old translation of "Browning") pistols. As for "Ma Pai Lu Zi", although it was also designed by Browning, people generally call it a colt pistol because the colt company bought out the product patent.
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In addition, another more complicated statement has been developed, which is called "one shot, two horses, three mouths, four snakes and five dogs pushing with their mouths open". The words "snake, dog, open mouth and pedal" seem difficult to understand at first glance. In fact, it also refers to a small-sized "Lu Zi" pistol. Before liberation, similar brand-name pistols were exported to China through various channels.
"Snake" refers to the German Sauer pocket pistol. The trademark pattern on the handle guard plate has two superimposed artistic letters "S", which are specially designed in the shape of a snake. In the most wonderful "buying medicine" passage in The Fire of Golden Steel, scout Xiao Fei accidentally caught the traitor He and his son on the road and found a "snake brand Lu Zi" on the Japanese translator He at that time.
"Dog" is one of the masterpieces of pocket pistols made in Spain, and it is called "the best automatic pistol". The caliber of the gun is 6.35 mm, and there is a running dog pattern under the handle guard. In the 1920s and 1930s, Spain produced a large number of medium and small caliber pistols with different brands and uneven quality. Well, it's like Stella's "Mara" card. However, some of them are of poor quality, and even castings are used. In China, they are often called "three pieces of iron" to describe rough workmanship.
"Open-mouthed pedal" is sometimes misunderstood as "open-mouthed lamp", but it actually refers to the German M 1934 7.65mm pistol. The gun is characterized in that the front end of the sleeve is completely open, and the upper part of the barrel is exposed, which looks like a "mouth" from the front. "Deng" means that the gun throws the shell neatly. Inherited the consistent characteristics of German firearms, with good processing quality. Generally, it is the sidearm of middle and senior officers.
It is worth mentioning that Browning series pistols have some other nicknames, such as "Bayinzi" and "Cross Company". When Liu Hong in Flying Tigers returned to Zaozhuang from the base, she was pregnant with the "Tenth Company". These names are also general names, generally referring to Browning series pistols and domestic imitations, and "eight, ten" are all from their bullets. Because the magazine capacity of these guns is usually 7 rounds, plus/kloc-0 rounds in the bore, a * * * can fire 8 rounds. In the early years, Shanghai, Hunan, Gongxian and other arsenals produced or trial-produced an expanded version of Browning M 1900, which adopted an extended barrel and a wooden holster, and the ammunition capacity was increased to 10 rounds, so it was called "Ten Company".