Colt M1911
semi-automatic pistol with caliber .45, standard service pistol of the US Army from 1911 to 1985; produced also by a large number of other weapons companies apart from original manufacturer Colt
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Summary
Colt M1911 is a firearm model[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of firearm model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,476 views/month, #3 of 386).[2]
Key Facts
- Manufacturer: Colt's Manufacturing Company[3]
- Subclass of: semi-automatic pistol[4], pistol[5]
- Designed by: John Browning[6]
- Commons category: M1911 pistol[7]
- Country of origin: United States[8]
- Participated in conflict: World War II[9], World War I[10], Korean War[11], Vietnam War[12], Irish War of Independence[13], Indonesian National Revolution[14], Gulf War[15], War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[16], Iraq War[17], Syrian Civil War[18]
- Service entry: January 1, 1911[19]
- Ammunition: .45 ACP[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:M1911 pistol[21]
- Commons gallery: M1911[22]
- Total produced: 2,700,000[23]
- Depicted by: Apocalypse Now[24]
- Name in native language: M1911 pistol[25]
- Length: 216 millimetre[26]
- Height: 135 millimetre[27]
- Width: 30 millimetre[28]
- Mass: 1.12 kg[29]
- Uses: Browning-System[30]
- Muzzle velocity: 253 metre per second[31]
- Caliber: 45 millimetre[32]
- Derivative work: AMT Hardballer[33], Dan Wesson M1911 ACP Pistol[34], Colt Delta Elite[35], Colt Double Eagle[36], Obregón pistol[37], Kongsberg Colt[38], Ballester-Molina[39], Taurus PT1911[40], M15 pistol[41], Arsenal Firearms AF2011A1[42], BUL M-5[43], Colt Commander[44], Colt Officer's ACP[45], EAA Thor Single Shot Pistol[46]
Why It Matters
Colt M1911 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]