Know Your Weapons: The Complex History of the Browning Hi-Power

Posted on 27 March 2022 by The Tactical Hermit

NAZIS, NOMS DE GEURRE AND THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE HI-POWER

Very often the genius of John Moses Browning’s design of the 1911 overshadows the amazing accomplishment of the Hi-Power.

The Wermacht and the SS knew a Good Firearm when they saw it and a very limited number were issued to front line units in the later stages of WW2.

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