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 the self-loading pistols of his own design, specifically the model 1900.
The Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company adopted the cartridge for its own designed pistols in 1903. The cartridge was then introduced by Colt under its own designation, 32 Automatic.
The 7.65 mm Browning cartridge was quite popular at the time of its creation, and it spread worldwide. It also found its way into our military. The cartridge spread around the world and is still manufactured by all major ammunition manufacturers today. A variety of self-loading and automatic pistols, revolvers, and submachine guns were designed for the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge. In our country, these included 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 properties are compensated by its short range and lower stopping power. Thanks to the compactness of the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge, weapons designed for this cartridge are often valued for their compactness and relatively low weight compared to weapons of larger calibers. In the US, the 7.65 mm Browning cartridge was long considered insufficiently powerful for self-defense purposes.
Caliber | 7,65 Browning |
Type of bullet | FMJ |
Weight of bullet | 4,7 g |
Number of rounds in case | 25 |