It isn't just south and central asian conflicts that hi-powers show up in.
They are well represented in south and central america, almost all of africa and the middle east and still show up in former communist countries such as china and russia.
You would be hard pressed to list the conflicts where the hi-power WASN'T represented!
I am sticking with 1939, there just wasn't that many of them floating around prior to 1939, the French, Belgian, and Lithuanian orders were the only real large orders prior to 1939 and none of them with the exception of the Belgians in the African Congo were involved in any major conflicts.
The Congo wasn't a Conflict, it was a slaughter, enough said on that matter.
Spaniards were pretty proud of their domestic production at the time of the civil conflict and Camp Giro's, Rubies, and M400 Astra's would have predominated along with a mix mash of domestic revolvers.
The Germans weren't using the Hi-Power at that time.
They are well represented in south and central america, almost all of africa and the middle east and still show up in former communist countries such as china and russia.
You would be hard pressed to list the conflicts where the hi-power WASN'T represented!
I am sticking with 1939, there just wasn't that many of them floating around prior to 1939, the French, Belgian, and Lithuanian orders were the only real large orders prior to 1939 and none of them with the exception of the Belgians in the African Congo were involved in any major conflicts.
The Congo wasn't a Conflict, it was a slaughter, enough said on that matter.
Spaniards were pretty proud of their domestic production at the time of the civil conflict and Camp Giro's, Rubies, and M400 Astra's would have predominated along with a mix mash of domestic revolvers.
The Germans weren't using the Hi-Power at that time.