How Britain’s Webley Revolver Became The Most Feared Pistol Of Two World Wars
At the Battle of the Somme in 1916, Lieutenant Blowers fired 103 rounds through his six-shot Webley revolver, reloading at least 17 times while crawling through German trenches. He earned the Military Cross. His revolver is now in a museum. This is the complete story of the Webley revolver — the sidearm of the British Empire for 76 years. From Birmingham workshop to Boer War, through two World Wars, Korea, Suez, and Malaya. A pistol that fired a round so devastating it was banned by international law. A pistol whose replacement design the British government copied, denied stealing, and then couldn’t produce in sufficient quantity. A pistol that J.R.R. Tolkien carried at the Somme. Sources: • Imperial War Museum Collections (iwm.org.uk) — Tolkien’s Webley Mk VI, Object 30034679 • NRA National Firearms Museum (nramuseum.org) • Guns America — “The Webley Revolver: The Seminal British Combat Wheelgun” • The Firearm Blog — “The .455 Webley MkIV: The Boer War Model” • The Armourers Bench — “Webley MkIV .455 Revolver” • Wikipedia — Webley Revolver, .455 Webley, Enfield No. #Webley #BritishHistory #WWI #WWII #WorldWarOne #Revolver #MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #Tolkien #Somme
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