Who can shake the "old cannon" of the gun industry?

Source: China Military Network - People's Liberation Army Daily

In the film "Deadly Guns", when Vincent Milles is deeply involved in the whirlpool of violence and fiddles with the Colt 45 without a word, the audience can sense the sense of crisis through the screen that "the rainstorm is coming".

This Colt 45, which is sought after by fans as the "third male lead", has a name that almost everyone in the military fan community knows: "Colt M1911". The gun type in the film is an upgraded version of the M1911A1.

The world's longest equipment, the largest amount of equipment, more than a hundred kinds of raw products, after a hundred years without fading, Colt M1911 can be called the "old cannon" of the pistol industry.

There is a famous quote in García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, "War has been thrown into the high court of tragic memories, and it is mentioned only occasionally in the thudding of champagne." "Wars will fade away, and the M1911 series pistols, as the "witnesses" of the large and small wars of the 20th century, are still emerging and renewed.

The advent of M1911 was accompanied by the development of American colonies. When the Americans seized the Philippine colonies in the early years, the old 9.65mm revolver could not effectively block the attack of the Filipino Moro, and the military urgently needed a weapon to "shoot down the enemy with one shot", and the 11.43mm caliber M1911 came into being.

On the occasion of the birth of M1911, on March 20, 1911, the U.S. Military issued a test report: "There is reason to believe that the pistol designed by Colt is the best because it is more reliable, more durable, easier to replace when parts are damaged, and the shooting accuracy is also better." "Very objectively evaluated the excellent performance of this pistol.

The classic "sleeve" structure directly became the iconic structure of all future automatic pistols. It is no exaggeration to say that M1911 has conquered the hearts of all gun users since its birth.

As exemplified, after the outbreak of World War I, the U.S. War Department ordered a total of 2.7 million M1911 far exceeded the factory's production capacity, and the government had to appeal to citizens to donate the commercial version of the M1911 they purchased. In the face of "major events of the country", very few citizens responded to the call.

What the designer John Moses Browning never expected was that this gun could appear on the screen as a "protagonist" a hundred years later, and set off a wave of nostalgia around the world through the "fan effect".

Classic pistols are naturally full of legends. In the jungle of Guadalcanal, the lone sergeant single-handedly stopped a company of Japanese suicide charge with M1911 and two machine guns; in the skies over the Burmese railway bridge, the wounded lieutenant took out the M1911 company and fired four shots to shoot down the Japanese Zero fighter.

From the muddy and desolate no-man's land of Belgium to the dense and humid tropical rainforest of Vietnam, and even in the battlefield of China, M1911 is found. In the film and television drama, after the bomber landed in "Pearl Harbor", Leif used M1911 to shoot at the Japanese patrol; Captain Miller used the M1911A1 to shoot the Tiger tank became a classic clip of "Saving Private Ryan"; the silver M1911 engraved with "Victory belongs to the prepared" by the male protagonist of "Mechanic" made countless guns fascinated. Terminator 2, Pacific War, Company of Brothers, and even in Detective Conan, M1911 has appeared many times.

An old lyric once wrote, "Veterans don't die, just wither", and in M1911, there is no sign of retreat.

(Draft: Wei Linke)