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Beholla Pistol
The Beholla pistol made in 1915 for the German forces in WWI
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
Used by	Germany
Wars	World War I Lithuanian Wars of Independence World War II
Production history
Designer	Becker & Hollander
Manufacturer	Waffenfabrik August Menz of Suhl
Produced	1915–1918
No. built	45,000
Specifications
Mass	640 g (23 oz)
Length	140 mm (5.5 in)
Barrel length	75 mm (3.0 in)
Cartridge	7.65×17mm (.32 ACP, 7.65 Browning)
Action	Blowback
Muzzle velocity	905 ft/s (276 m/s)
Feed system	7-round detachable box magazine
Sights	iron sights

The Beholla pistol was developed by Becker & Hollander. During World War I, it was a secondary military pistol used by the Imperial German Army. It was manufactured from 1915 until 1918, where, at that point, about 45,000 were produced.

After the Great War, the firm of Waffenfabrik August Menz of Suhl continued to produce the Beholla as the Menta.

From 1921-1932, the company, Franz Stock Maschinenbau und Werkzeugfabrik, manufactured an improved version of the Beholla pistol that saw use by police agencies in Germany and Austria.

Users

•  Germany
•  Lithuania - Approximately 1,353 obtained circa 1919–1920
•  Bulgaria
•  United States
•  Ottoman Empire
•  Finland
•  Brazil
•  Prussia
•  Chad
•  Mongolia
•  Soviet Union

Railway guards during World War II

References

1. "Beholla". Gunsworld.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
2. "STOCK 1924". Guns.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023.
3. "The Franz Stock Automatic Pistols". Archived from the original on June 12, 2023.
4. McCollum, Ian (2021). Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949. Headstamp Publishing. pp. 514–515. ISBN 9781733424639. The Franz Stock was a simple pistol produced in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. It was made in both .25 ACP and .32 ACP models and used a simple blowback system with a recoil spring wrapped around a fixed barrel. They did not see military service but were used by German and Austrian police forces in small numbers.
5. "Revolvers & Pistols, part 4". April 15, 2021. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023.

External links

• "Small Arms of WWI Primer 011: German Becker & Hollander Beholla Pistol". C&Rsenal (YouTube). 2016-10-27. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.

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