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Are the handguns authentic ?

posted 13 years ago by Sanchez6
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Just watching a second serie and I'm curious, because pistols of the Sea Patrol are clearly CZ 75. This model has been produced since 1976 in Czechoslovakia and is still in production in Czech Republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CZ_75

Model shown in the second serie has older version of the hammer. No doubt it is CZ 75, I grown on this weapon and also I can provide many screenshots.

My question is, is this pistol really used by Royal Australian Navy?

(Apologies for my poor English, learned solely from the Internet.)

[–] christianlibrul-1 13 years ago

They mostly use the Browning Hi-Power Mk III. They even call them their "Brownings" several times. They sometimes use the Canadian Inglis--a reverse engineered Hi-Power from WWII. A CZ 75 does show up a couple of times, IIRC, but they mostly use the Hi-Power, which has been in service with UK and Commonwealth forces since at least WWII. The Hi-Power is the finest handgun in the world. I now own the tenth one I've had in the last 22 years.

[–] Sanchez6 13 years ago

Yeah, I read Wikipedia article about Sea Patrol, someone mentioned there CZ was used because they did not have enough of the HP for the whole crew and CZ was supposed to look similar (I dont agree).
I believe you like your Hi-Power, it's a nice gun. I had in my hands a lots of the handguns, so even if I have my favorites, I realized that almost every pistol or revolver can shoot well with propper training.
It was just rare experience to see such quantity of Czech pistols so often on the screen :-)

Screenshots, zipped JPEGs:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=P9Y53SFR

[–] roundhouse96 13 years ago

the CZ75 was/is not used by RAN they probably used the CZ 75 as a cheaper allternative to buying the browning Hi-power side arm.