Does any military use a single action pistol for general issue?

[Philo_Beddoe]

I am not talking about special units that use a 1911 or whatever.

I am talking about general issue pistols that get issued to a wide variety of troops, like the M9 (berretta 92fs) is in the US military.

 

[REAPER4206969]

Great Britain and Australia use the P-35 Hi-Power.

 

[mgmorden]

Great Britain and Australia use the P-35 Hi-Power.

Several other nations too. As per the Wiki entry:

"As of 2007, the MK1 version remains the standard service pistol of the Canadian Forces, with the SIG P226 being issued to specialized units along with the Sig Sauer P225. The weapon is the standard sidearm of the Belgian Army, the British Army (although the SIG-Sauer P226 is being gradually introduced ), Indian Army, Australian Defence Force, Argentine Army, Luxembourg Army, Israel Police, Singapore Armed Forces and Venezuelan Army, among others. The Irish Army replaced its Browning Pistols (known popularly as BAPs, or Browning Automatic Pistols) with the H&K USP automatic in 2007."

It does look like most of the listed nations are either phasing it out though, or are relatively poorer countries with less money to spend on replacing them.

 

[REAPER4206969]

 

[Full Metal Jacket]

^^^prob got that off a dead insurgent

 

[Full Metal Jacket]

Great Britain and Australia use the P-35 Hi-Power.

thought i heard on discovery channel that the brits just switched to something else. could be wrong, not 100% about it.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

I would guess that "cocked and locked" carry is not authorized.