Borchardt C-93
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The Borchardt C93 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Hugo Borchardt in 1893.
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Borchardt C93 | |
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Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
Place of origin | German Empire |
Service history | |
In service | 1895–1945 |
Production history | |
Designer | Hugo Borchardt |
Designed | 1893 |
Manufacturer | Ludwig Loewe & Company |
Produced | 1893–1902 |
No. built | 3,100 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,160 g (41 oz) |
Length | 355 mm (14.0 in) |
Barrel length | 195 mm (7.7 in) |
Cartridge | 7.65×25mm Borchardt |
Action | Toggle-lock recoil action |
Feed system | 8-round detachable box magazine |
Sights | Iron sights |
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The design is based upon the Maxim gun's toggle lock model.
Borchardt developed the high-velocity, bottlenecked 7.65×25mm Borchardt cartridge for the C93. His assistant at the time, Georg Luger, also claimed to have influenced its design. Machine tool manufacturer Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin, Germany, produced the C93 in anticipation of military orders. With about 1,100 manufactured by Loewe and nearly 2,000 more produced by Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), the Borchardt C93 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic pistol.[1]