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Retolaza Military

Name: Retolaza Military
Brand: Retolaza

Blowback (semi-automatic) · .32 ACP · introduced 1914

Also known as Military, Retolaza Military .32

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About the Retolaza Military

The Retolaza Military is a Spanish blowback semi-automatic pistol chambered in .32 ACP, produced by Retolaza Hermanos of Eibar during the First World War. It is a member of the 'Eibar' or Ruby family of Browning M1903-pattern trade-name pistols, feeding from a detachable box magazine and sold under the 'Military' badge as one of the firm's interchangeable commercial names for the same design.

France's chronic shortage of service handguns in the First World War was met by contracting dozens of small Eibar gunmakers in Spain to turn out Browning-pattern .32 automatics. Retolaza Hermanos sold theirs under a rotating cast of patriotic trade names, and the 'Military' was simply one such badge stamped on the same reliable blowback design.

Retolaza Military specifications

General

Type: Pistol
Action: Blowback (semi-automatic)
Firing mechanism: Striker-fired
Trigger: Single action
Calibres: .32 ACP
Magazine capacity: 9 rounds
Magazine: Detachable box magazine

Dimensions

Barrel length: 87 mm (3.4 in)
Overall length: 151 mm (5.9 in)
Weight (empty): 0.80 kg (1.76 lb)

Barrel

Rifling: 6 grooves, right-hand twist
Grooves: 6

Materials

Barrel: Steel
Receiver / frame: Steel
Slide: Steel
Stock: Wood
Finish: blued

Performance

Muzzle velocity (typical): 300 m/s (984 fps)
Muzzle energy (typical): 200 J (148 ft·lb)
Effective range: 25 m

History

Introduced: 1914
Discontinued: 1918
Production status: Discontinued
Country of origin: ES
Designer: Retolaza brothers

Features

Fixed sights
Single action

Safety

Manual safety

'Military' was one of several commercial trade names (alongside Liberty, Paramount, Stosel and Titanic) applied by Retolaza Hermanos to what was essentially the same Eibar-type blowback pistol. Some reference listings quote a shorter 76mm (3 in) barrel and eight-round magazine for the pocket-sized examples of this group.