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The Colt OHWS (Colt SOCOM) was a pistol manufactured by the Colt firearm company. A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... Colts Manufacturing Company (CMC) is a United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. ...


Colt designed the gun for the USSOCOM Offensive Handgun Weapon System competition. If accepted, the Colt OHWS would have become the standard-issue handgun for most US special forces groups. However, at the end of the competition, the OHWS contract was awarded to Heckler & Koch for their MK23 Mod 0 pistol, and the Colt project was scrapped. Emblem of the United States Special Operations Command. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... For other uses of the term, see Special forces (disambiguation). ... Heckler & Koch G41 Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) (pronounced //) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon, USP series handguns, high-precision PSG1 sniper rifle, and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ... The MK23 Mod 0 is an offensive handgun system consisting of a match grade semi-automatic pistol, a laser aiming module (LAM), and suppressor. ...


The Colt OHWS was based on the M1911 frame and carried a single-stack 10-round magazine. The handgun was designed to carry a removable sound suppressor and a laser aiming module (LAM). The M1911 is a single-action, semiautomatic handgun chambered for the . ... A 30-round STANAG magazine. ... Mark 23 with a suppressor A suppressor (popularly known as a silencer, although no suppressor silences a firearm completely), is a device attached to a firearm to reduce the amount of noise and flash generated by firing the weapon. ... // The benefits of lasers in various applications stems from their properties such as coherency, high monochromaticity, and ability to reach extremely high powers. ...


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Colt OHWS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (142 words)
The Colt OHWS (Colt SOCOM) was a pistol manufactured by the Colt firearm company.
However, at the end of the competition, the OHWS contract was awarded to Heckler and Koch for their MK23 Mod 0 pistol, and the Colt project was scrapped.
The Colt OHWS was based on the M1911 frame and carried a single-stack 10-round magazine.
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