The Browning L9A1 is a semi-automatic pistol, firing a 9×19 mmbullet from a 13-round magazine. It has been the standard sidearm of the British Army since 1957, succeeding the Enfield No.2 Mk.I revolver. The weapon is very, very similar to the Browning Hi-Power or GP35, but with an Army designation, L9A1 - Land use, 9 mm, mArk 1.
The weapon is ineffective against modern body armour and the Army has been testing replacements for some time. Various offerings from SIG, Heckler und Koch, and Carl Walther have already been adopted by other arms of the British military.
The Browning Hi-Power is based on a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol conceived and patented in the United States in 1922 by American John Browning, who eventually took his ideas to Belgium and the arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.
Browning Hi-Power pistols were originally made in two models: "Ordinary Model" with fixed sights and an "Adjustable Rear Sight Model" with tangent type rear sight and a slotted grip for attachment of a wooden shoulder stock.
Genuine Browning Hi-Power P-35s are still manufactured by FN Herstal (imported to North America by Browning) of Belgium and Portugal, and by FM (licensed to Fabricaciones Militares) of Argentina; remaining one of the most influential pistols in the history of small arms.
The Browning Hi-Power is based on a semi-automatic 9 mm pistol conceived and patented in the United States in 1922 by American firearms inventor John Browning, who eventually took his ideas to Belgium and the arms manufacturer Fabrique Nationale de Herstal.
The BrowningL9A1, a military version of the P-35 Hi-Power, is still utilized by several branches of the UK military forces.
A Browning HP was involved in the accidental death of Australian Private Jacob Kovco in Iraq April 2006.
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