Smith & Wesson M&P
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| Type | Service Revolver |
| Place of origin | USA |
| Service history | |
| Used by | US Military and Police, British Army, Correctional Service of Canada |
| Wars | World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Smith & Wesson |
| Variants | .38 Hand Ejector, Military & Police, Victory model, Model 10 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | ~ 820 g (unloaded) |
| Length | 254 mm, 260 mm or 286 mm |
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| Caliber | .38 Special .38/200 |
| Action | Double Action |
| Muzzle velocity | 305 m/s (.38 spl) 198 m/s (.38/200) |
| Feed system | 6-round cylinder |
| Sights | blade front sight, notched rear sight |
The Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver, later known as the Smith & Wesson Model 10 and (for those produced during WWII) the Smith & Wesson Victory Model, is a .38-calibre, six-shot handgun initially developed in 1902 as the Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector model.
It is a fixed-sight revolver with a fluted cylinder and typical barrel lengths of either 4 in. (102 mm), 5 in. (125 mm), or 6 in (152 mm), although 2 in (51 mm) barrels are known to have been made.
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[edit] Victory Model
The S&W Model 10 revolvers produced from 1940 to 1945 had serial numbers with a "V" prefix and were known as the Smith & Wesson Victory Model. Huge numbers - over 570,000 - of these pistols, chambered in the .38/200 calibre already in use in the Enfield No 2 Mk I Revolver and the Webley Mk IV Revolver, were supplied to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa under the Lend-Lease programme during WWII. The S&W Victory was also in service with US forces during WWII, chambered in the well-known and popular .38 Special cartridge. Some of these revolvers remained in service well into the 1990s with units of the US Military and US Coast Guard. Some Lend Lease S&W Victory revolvers originally chambered for the British .38/200 have been returned to the U.S. and rechambered to fire the more-popular and more-powerful .38 Special ammunition, and such revolvers should be so marked on their barrels.
The finish on Victory models is typically either a sandblasted or Parkerized finish, which is noticeably different from the quality blue or nickel/chrome finishes usually found on commercial M&P/Model 10 revolvers.
As its name suggests, the S&W Military & Police revolver was developed for military and police use, and in this regard it was enormously successful, with the Model 10 still being in production today.
[edit] Semi-automatic M&P
See main article Smith & Wesson M&P (Semi-automatic)
As of 2005, Smith & Wesson produces a polymer-framed semi-automatic handgun in 9 mm, .40 S&W, and .357 SIG under the M&P name.
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| .38 Calibre |
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| Cartridges |
| .38 Long Colt (1875) | .38 S&W (1877) | .38 ACP (1900) | .38 Special (1902) | .380 ACP (1908) | .38/200 (1922) | .38 Super (1927) |
| Revolvers |
| M1899 Revolver | Smith & Wesson M&P/Victory | Enfield No. 2 Mk I | Colt Detective's Special |
| Pistols |
| Colt M1900 | Colt M1902 | Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammer | Colt M1908 Pocket Hammerless | Browning M1910 | Walther PPK |
| Lists |
| List of handgun cartridges | List of rifle cartridges | List of firearms |
| British & Commonwealth small arms of World War II | ||
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Side-arms
Machine-guns & other larger weapons
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| United States infantry weapons of World War II and Korea |
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| Side arms |
| Colt M1911/A1 | M1917 revolver | Smith & Wesson "Victory" revolver |
| Rifles & carbines |
| Springfield M1903 | M1 Garand | M1 Carbine | M1941 Johnson | Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) |
| Submachine guns |
| Thompson ("Tommy Gun") M1928/M1/A1 | M3 "Grease Gun" | Reising M50/M55 | United Defense M42 |
| Machine guns & other larger weapons |
| Browning M1917 | Browning M1919 | Johnson LMG | Browning M2 HMG | Bazooka | M2 flamethrower |
| Cartridges used during World War II and the Korean War |
| .45 ACP | .38 Special | .30-06 Springfield | .30 Carbine | 9 mm Luger | .50 BMG |
