The 7.65 mm Browning cartridge was designed and introduced by the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre in Herstal. The designer of this cartridge is the legendary John Moses Browning. The cartridge was designed by Browning for his own self-loading pistols, specifically model 1900.
The Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company adopted the cartridge for their own pistol designs in 1903. They introduced it under their label as the 32 Automatic.
At the time of its creation, the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge was relatively popular and therefore spread worldwide. It also found its way into our army. The cartridge was manufactured globally, and today it is produced by all major ammunition manufacturers. A wide range of semi-automatic and automatic pistols, revolvers, and submachine guns have been designed for the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge. In our country, these were the pistols vz. 27, vz. 50, vz. 83, and the submachine gun vz. 61 Škorpion.
The 7.65 mm Browning cartridge is light and compact. However, these features are offset by a short range and lower stopping power. Due to the compactness of the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge, weapons designed for this cartridge are often also valued for their compactness and relatively low weight compared to larger-caliber weapons. In the USA, the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge was long considered inadequately powerful for self-defense purposes.
Caliber | 7,65 Browning |
Type of bullet | FMJ |
Weight of bullet | 4,7 g |
Number of rounds in case | 1000 |