In total 46,000 were made pre-war for Poland’s military, and German occupation forces built another 300,000+ during the war. The Vis 35 is one of the best automatic pistols of WWII in terms of both handling and quality. Toss in a delay to redesign the early decocking mechanism to satisfy the Cavalry (who didn’t realize that the decocker wasn’t actually meant to be used, but rather to just add another claim to the patent), and by 1935 the pistol was finished and formally adopted. Lo and behold, the ultimate choice was a domestic design based largely on the High Power (a direct deal with FN was not an option after Poland’s relationship with FN had suffered through problems with the wz.28 version of the BAR). The representative from FN brought along an early iteration of the High Power (along with their other entry) even though it was much too large and heavy to meet the Polish requirements.Īfter a couple iterations of testing, it became clear to the Polish Ordnance officers that the High Power was a much more effective service pistol than the compact guns they had been instructed to look for. In the 1920s Poland began looking for a new standard military pistol, and tested a variety of compact.380s.

It is illegal for you to distribute copyrighted files without permission. The slide has the new single line markings 'F.B.RADOM VIS Mod. Its serial number of '00000' would typically signify a “zero-series”, early prototype.

Do we know when the Radom Model 35 pistols with E prefix serial numbers (with WaA77) were manufactured? The early E prefix pistols seem to be mixed into those with shoulder stock cuts while later ones without cuts still have slide legends without the added P.35(p) markings.

Vis radom p35 serial numbers