For other items known as M1911, see: M1911 Disambiguation
Overview [ ]
Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911
Period Produced
1911 - 1920s (?)
Developed Into
M1911A1 Pistol
Expected Muzzle Velocity
830m/s
Action
Short recoil operation
Feed System
Detachable box magazine
Ammunition Loading
7-rnd magazine
The M1911 Pistol is an American semi-automatic pistol developed in the early 1910s by John Browning .
The firearm was adopted by the US military, and has seen countless reproductions and modernizations over a century later.
Variants [ ]
For derivatives, see the navbox below.
M1911 Pistol
1911 model.
M1911A1 Pistol
1924 model.
Colt Products
Firearms
Assault Rifles
601 • 602 • 603 • 604 • 605 (A • B ) • 606 (A • B ) • 607 (A ) • 608 • 609 • 610 (B ) • 611 (P ) • 613 (K • P ) • 614 (S ) • 615 • 616 • 619 • 620 • 621 • 629 • 630 • 639 • 645 • 653 • 715 • 723 • 727 • 733 • 920 • 921 • 933 • ACR • AR6520 • AR-15 (A1 • A2 • A3 ) • AR-15 Sporter-1 • CK901 • CM901 • HBAR (M1 • M2 ) • IAR6940 (H • P ) • LE6720 • LE6920 • LE6940 • M16 (A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 ) • R6520 • R6530 • SCW • SP901 • XM16E1 • XM177 (E1 • E2 )
Shotguns
1878
Submachine Guns
633 • 635 • R0635 • R0991 • R6450
Machine Guns
CMG (1 • 2 • 3 ) • LMG
Pistols
1902 • 1903 • 1908 • Double Eagle • Junior • M45A1 CQBP • M1911 (A1 • A2 ) • Mustang • Pony • Pocket Nine • SCAMP • Woodsman
Revolvers
1849 • 1851 • 1860 • 1861 • 1862 • 1871 • 1873 • 1877 • 1878 • Agent • Anaconda • Cobra • Detective Special • Diamondback • Dragoon • King Cobra • M1917 • Magnum Carry • New Army • New Frontier • New Line • New Navy • New Service • Night Cobra • Python • Trooper • Walker
Infantry Weapons
Semi-Automatic Pistols
Colt M1903 • Colt M1911 • Savage M1907
Revolvers
Colt M1892 • Colt M1889 • Colt M1905 • Colt M1909 • Colt M1917 • Colt New Service • S&W M1899 • S&W M1917
Bolt-Action Rifles
Enfield M1917 • SMLE No.1 Mk.I • Springfield M1896 • Springfield M1898 • Springfield M1899 • Springfield M1903
Semi-Automatic Rifles
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Submachine Guns
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Light Machine Guns
Browning M1918
Heavy Machine Guns
Browning M1917
Anti-Personnel Grenades
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Flamethrowers
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Anti-Tank Rifles
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Infantry Mortars
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Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns
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Field Guns
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Howitzers
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Infantry Guns
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Mortars
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Railroad Artillery
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Siege Artillery
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Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns
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Automatic Cannons
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Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
Aircraft Machine Guns
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Naval Weapons & Munitions
Naval Cannons
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Infantry Weapons
Melee Weapons
Blades
Ka-Bar • M1 Bayonet • M3 Trench Knife • M1917 Bayonet • M1942 Bayonet • Marine Raider Stiletto • Mark I Trench Knife
Sidearms
Pistol
HDM • M1903 • M1908 • M1911 (A1 )
Revolver
M1917 • New Service • Official Police • Victory
Close-Quarters
Submachine Gun
M1 (A1 ) • M2 • M3 (A1 ) • M42 • M50 • M55 • M60 • M65 • M1921 • M1923 • M1926 • M1927 (A1 • A3 • A5 ) • M1928 (A1 )
Shotgun
Auto-5 • M31 • M37 • M520 • M620 • M1897 • M1912
Rifles
Bolt-Action Rifle
M1903 (A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 ) • M1917
Battle Rifle
M1 (E1 • E2 • E3 • E4 • E5 • E6 • E8 • E9 • E10 • E11 • E12 • E13 • E14 ) • M1941 • T1 (E1 • E2 ) • T20 (E1 • E2 • E2, HB ) • T22 (E1 • E2 • E2, HB ) • T23 • T26 • T27 • T31 • T35 • T36 • T37
Assault Rifle
M1 (A1 • A2 • A3 ) • M2 • M3
Machine Guns
Light Machine Gun
Browning M1918A2 • M1941
Medium Machine Gun
M1917 • M1919 (A1 • A2 • A3 • A4 • A6 )
Heavy Machine Gun
M2
Anti-Materiel
Anti-Tank Rifle
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Recoilless Rifles
M18 • M20
Rocket Launchers
M1 (A1 ) • M9 (A1 ) • M18 • M20
Flamethrowers
E1 • E1R1 • M1 (A1 ) • M2 (A1 )
Grenades
Grenade Launchers
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Rifle Grenade Launchers
M1 • M7 • M17
Anti-Personnel Grenades
Mk 2 • MK3 • MK3A1 • MK3A2 • M1 Frangible Grenade • T13
Anti-Tank Grenades
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Smoke Grenades
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Mines
Anti-Personnel Mines
M3 • M16
Anti-Tank Mines
M1 • M1A1 • M4 • M7 • M7A1 • M7A2
Other
Flare Guns
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Other Man-Portable Explosives
M1A1 Bangalore Torpedo
Infantry Equipment
Camouflage
Camouflage
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Clothing
Backpacks
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Body Armour
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Bomb Suit
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Elbow and knee pads
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Signals & IFF
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Suits
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Vests & Webbing
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Headwear
Communication
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Gas Masks & Rebreathers
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Goggles
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Helmets
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Vehicle Headwear
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Optics, Detection and Surveillance
Man-Portable Radar
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Mine Detectors
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Night Vision Goggles
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Periscopes
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Rangefinders
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Surveillance
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Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Guns
M45 Quadmount • 37mm M1 • 37mm M1A1 • 37mm M1A2 • 40mm M1 • 3-Inch M1917 • 3-Inch M1918 • 3-Inch M1 • 3-Inch M2 • 3-Inch M3 • 3-Inch M4 • 90mm M1 • 90mm M1A1 • 90mm M2 • 120mm M1
Anti-Tank Guns
37mm M3 (A1 • 57mm M1 • 75mm M1897 • 3-Inch M5 • 90mm M2 37mm T3 • 37mm T7 • 37mm T8 • 90mm T8 • 105mm T8
Coastal Artillery
3-Inch M1902 • 3-Inch M1903 • 90mm M1 • 6-Inch M1897 • 6-Inch M1900 • 6-Inch M1903 • 6-Inch M1905 • 6-Inch M1908 • 6-Inch M1 • 6-Inch T2 • 12-Inch M1890 • 12-Inch M1895 • 12-Inch M1888 • 12-Inch M1900 • 14-Inch M1907 • 14-Inch M1909 • 14-Inch M1910 • 16-Inch M1895 • 16-Inch M1919 • 16-Inch M1920 • 16-Inch Mark 2 • 16-Inch Mark 3
Field Guns
75mm M1897 • 4.5-Inch M1 • 4.5-Inch T3 • 6-Inch M1897 • 6-Inch M1900 • 6-Inch M1903 • 6-Inch M1905 • 6-Inch M1908 • 6-Inch M1 • 6-Inch T2 • 155mm M1 • 155mm M1A1 • 155mm M1A1E1 • 155mm M1A1E3 • 155mm M2 • 155mm T4 • 8-Inch M1
Howitzers
105mm M1 • 105mm M2 • 105mm T2 • 105mm M2A1 • 105mm M3 • 155mm M1918 • 155mm M1 • 8-Inch M1 • 8-Inch M2 • 240mm M1
Infantry & Mountain Guns
75mm M1 • 75mm M1A1
Mortars
60mm M2 • 81mm M1 • 4.2-Inch M2 • 12-Inch M1890 • 36-Inch Project 4712
Railroad Artillery
8-Inch VI • 8-Inch M1888 • 10-Inch M1895 • 10-Inch M1888 • 10-Inch M1900 • 14-Inch M1920
Recoilless Guns
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Rocket Artillery
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Siege Artillery
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Land Vehicle Weapons
Vehicle Machine Guns
M1919 (A4 • A4E1 • A5 ) • M2 (Fixed • Flexible • TT )
Standard Tank Guns
37mm M5 (E1 ) • 37mm M6 • 37mm M1924 (A1 ) • 75mm M2 • 75mm M3 • 75mm M6 • 3-inch M5 • 3-inch M6 • 3-inch M7 • 76mm M1 (A1 • A1C • A2 ) • 76mm T1 • 90mm M3 (A1 ) 37mm T21
Other Cannons Mounted on Tanks
75mm Howitzer M1 (A1 ) • 75mm AT Gun M1897 • 105mm Howitzer M2 • 105mm Howitzer M4 • 105mm T8 • 155mm Howitzer M1918 • 155mm Howitzer M2
Rocket Artillery
M17 • T34 (E1 • E2 ) • T40
Vehicle Flamethrowers
E7-7 • E9 • E14-7R2 • Navy Mk.I • Ronson
Spotlights
Canal Defence Light
Aircraft Weapons & Munitions
Aircraft Machine Guns
AN/M2 • M3
Aircraft Cannons below & including 30mm
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Aircraft Cannons above 30mm
37mm M4 • 37mm T9 • 37mm M10 • 75mm M5 • 75mm T13E1
Aircraft Rockets & Missiles
T64 H.V.A.R.
Aircraft Bombs, High Explosive
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Aircraft Bombs, Anti-Personnel
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Naval Weapons & Munitions
Naval Machine Guns
M2
Naval Cannons below & including 30mm
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Naval Cannons above 30mm
37mm M9