By mid-1938, it was introduced to the armored and air forces. Successively, other units were to be equipped, and by 1942 all other handguns were scheduled to be withdrawn from service. Production started in the state armory Fabryka Broni in Radom in late 1935, and the following year it was introduced as the standard weapon of Polish infantry and cavalry officers. The Vis was generally regarded as one of the best military pistols of that period. The tests proved that the handgun was very accurate and stable (due to its size and mass, most stresses are absorbed and not passed on the shooter), while at the same time remaining reliable after firing more than 6,000 rounds.
Initially it was named WiS (an acronym of the Polish designers' names), later the name was changed to Vis, meaning "force" in Latin, with the wz. The handgun was prepared in late 1930, and at the beginning of 1931 the first pistols were ready for testing.
On the right side grip cover, the Polish copy pistol had letters VIS in a triangle, on the left side-FB (for Fabryka Broni-"Arms Factory"). Like the 9mm Browning GP, a characteristic feature was a trapezoid grip shape, wider at the bottom, offering good ergonomics and firm grip. It shares some similarities to the Spanish Ruby. This later John Moses Browning design, unlike the M1911, was not cammed by a link, but by a ledge of sorts, which contacts a portion of the barrel and forces it down as it is moved rearward with the slide by the recoil force. It operated on the short-recoil principle, with the barrel being cammed down and away from the locking lugs in the slide. But Colt 1911 resemblance is much more striking. frame, main spring, trigger, screws in the exact same places and kept in the same (non-metric) diameter etc.) Some could argue, that the design was generally based on American firearms inventor John Browning's Browning Hi-Power, as adapted by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypiński in 1930 at the Fabryka Broni (Arms Factory) in Radom under Director Kazimierz Ołdakowski. The pistol bears many internal and external similarities to the famous Colt M1911A1, to the point that some parts are almost interchangeable (ie. The Vis is highly prized among collectors of firearms. The pistol was valued by the Germans and towards the end of the war issued to German paratroopers.
Production of the Vis began at the Fabryka Broni arms factory in Radom in 1935, and was adopted as the standard handgun of the Polish Army the following year. Its design was inspired by American firearms inventor John Browning's 9mm "Browning GP" pistol which was completed after Browning's death by designers at Fabrique Nationale in Herstal Belgium. 35 Vis, German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), or simply the Radom in English sources) is a 9×19mm caliber, single-action, semi-automatic pistol.
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