Pistol Auto 9mm 1A

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{{Infobox weapon
| name = Pistol Auto 9mm 1A
| image = File:Pistol Auto 9 mm 1A - Kolkata 2012-01-23 8779.JPG
| image_size = 300
| alt =
| caption = Pistol Auto 9mm 1A
| type = [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| origin = [[India]]
| is_ranged = yes
| designer = [[John Browning]]{{efn|Being one of the designers of the original Browning Hi-Power, which the 1A pistol is based on.}}<br />[[Dieudonné Saive]]{{efn|Being one of the designers of the original Browning Hi-Power, which the 1A pistol is based on.}}
| design_date = 1973
| manufacturer = [[Rifle Factory Ishapore]]
| unit_cost =
| production_date = 1977 - Present
| number = 12,000 (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=84268|title = English Releases}}</ref><br />650,000 (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.india-ava.org/fileadmin/docs/pubs/IAVA-IB4-small-arms-of-indian-state.pdf|title=Resource Library | Small Arms Survey}}</ref>
| variants = 
| cartridge = [[9×19mm Parabellum]]
| cartridge_weight =
| caliber = [[9 mm caliber|9 mm]]
| barrels =
| action = [[Recoil operation|Short recoil operated]]
| rate = Semi-automatic
| velocity = {{cvt|396.23|m/s|ft/s}}
| range = {{cvt|50|m|yd}}
| max_range = 100 m
| feed = 13-round detachable box [[magazine (firearms)|magazine]]
| sights = [[Iron sights]]
| service = 1981–present
| used_by = See ''[[#Users|Users]]''
| wars = 
| ref = <ref name="PA1A"/>
}}

The '''Pistol Auto 9mm 1A''',{{sfn|Thompson|2020|p=70}} also known as '''IOF 9mm pistol''', is a [[semi-automatic pistol]] manufactured by [[Rifle Factory Ishapore]].<ref name="PA1A">{{cite web |title=PISTOL AUTO 9 mm 1A |url=http://www.rfi.gov.in/Pistol_9mm.htm |website=www.rfi.gov.in |access-date=2013-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022118/http://www.rfi.gov.in/Pistol_9mm.htm |archive-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Thompson|2020|p=70}} It's a licensed copy of the [[Browning Hi-Power]], made using tooling acquired from [[John Inglis and Company]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Verma |first1=Bharat |title=Indian Defence Review Oct-Dec Vol. 28.4 |date=2013 |publisher=Lancer Publishers LLC |isbn=9788170621348 |pages=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kX8RAgAAQBAJ&q=PISTOL+AUTO+9+mm+1A+inglis&pg=PA25 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Zabecki|first=David T.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6_lCAAAQBAJ&dq=Which+countries+use+the+Pistol+Auto+9mm+1A&pg=PA1009|title=World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia|date=2015-05-01|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-81249-2|language=en}}{{page number|date=April 2022}}</ref>

It is the main [[service pistol]] of Indian military and police units.

== History ==
In 1971,<ref name="rfi">{{cite web |title=Milestones |url=http://www.rfi.gov.in/Milestones.html |work=rfi.gov.in |access-date=19 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219021305/http://www.rfi.gov.in/Milestones.html |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> preliminary works was established to make Pistol Auto 9mm 1A. The first specimen was manufactured in 1977,<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://rfi.nic.in/history.htm |work=rfi.nic.in |access-date=19 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607021315/http://rfi.nic.in/history.htm |archive-date=7 June 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> while large-scale manufacturing began in 1981.<ref name="rfi" />

== Design features ==
It is a [[recoil-operated]], magazine-fed, [[Self-loading pistol|self-loading]], [[semi-automatic pistol]] that uses 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition.<ref name="EOI">http://rfi.nic.in/doc/EOI_9mm_PISTOL_06-04-2017.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The magazine has a 13-round capacity, being based on the original Hi-Power.<ref name="EOI"/>

It can also be equipped with a suppressor.<ref name="EOI"/>

== Users ==
* {{flag|India}} - Widely used by lower ranking officers of [[Indian Armed Forces]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Manimugdha |title=All the President's horsemen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/All-the-Presidents-horsemen/articleshow/20720841.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021002057/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/All-the-Presidents-horsemen/articleshow/20720841.cms |archive-date=2018-10-21 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Central Armed Police Forces]]{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} and other [[Law enforcement in India|Law enforcement agencies]] as a service weapon.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
**[[West Bengal Police]] - 500.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gupta |first1=Jayanta |title=Excalibur muscle for Bengal police |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Excalibur-muscle-for-Bengal-police/articleshow/53565435.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2019-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222150816/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Excalibur-muscle-for-Bengal-police/articleshow/53565435.cms |archive-date=2017-12-22 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{flag|Nepal}} - 15,000 with [[Nepalese Army]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Legacies of War in the Company of Peace: Firearms in Nepal|author=|url=http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf|location=Geneva|publisher=[[Small Arms Survey]]|pages=5|date=May 2013|access-date=21 September 2016 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708052928/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/G-Issue-briefs/NAVA-IB2-Legacies-of-War.pdf |archive-date=8 July 2022}}</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
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===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Leroy |date= 2020 |title= The Browning High-Power Pistol |location=Oxford |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-1472838094 }}

==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128050253/http://www.ofb.gov.in/products/data/weapons/wsc/7.htm |date=November 28, 2017|title=PISTOL AUTO 9 mm 1A}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004172400/http://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/RFI/pistol-auto-9mm-1a1 |date=October 4, 2021|title=9 mm Pistol}}

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