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{{Short description|Polish semi-automatic pistol}} {{Infobox weapon | name = Pistolet wz. 35 Vis | image = Radom (6825677274).jpg | image_size = 300 | alt = Pistolet wz. 35 Vis | caption = Pistolet wz. 35 Vis | type = [[Semi-automatic pistol]] | origin = [[Poland]] <!-- Type selection -->| is_ranged = yes <!-- Service history -->| service = 1936–1945 | used_by = See [[#Users|Users]] | wars = [[Invasion of Poland]], [[World War II]] <!-- Production history -->| designer = [[Piotr Wilniewczyc]] & Jan Skrzypiński | design_date = 1930 | manufacturer = [[FB Radom]] | unit_cost = | production_date = 1930-1932 (prototypes)<br>1935–1945 (mass production)<br>1992 (reissue prototypes)<br>1997-2015 (limited reissues)<br>2017–onwards | number = more than 360,000 | variants = <!-- General specifications --> | spec_label = | mass = {{cvt|1.123|kg|lb}} (loaded)<br />{{cvt|0.950|kg|lb}} (unloaded) | length = {{cvt|205|mm|in}} | part_length = {{cvt|120|mm|in}} | width = | height = <!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> | cartridge = [[9×19mm Parabellum]] | cartridge_weight = | caliber = | barrels = | action = [[Recoil-operated]], closed bolt | rate = | velocity = {{cvt|345|m/s|ft/s}} | range = | max_range = | feed = 8-round [[box magazine]] | sights = <!-- For all --> | ref = }} The '''Vis''' (Polish designation ''pistolet wz. 35 Vis''; German designation ''9 mm Pistole 35(p)'', or simply the '''Radom''' in some English sources and '''Vis wz. 35''' in Poland) is a Polish [[9×19mm]] caliber, [[trigger (firearms)|single-action]], [[semi-automatic pistol]]. Production of the Vis began in 1935 at the [[Fabryka Broni]] factory in [[Radom]], and was adopted as the standard handgun of the [[Polish Army]] the following year. After the [[Polish Campaign]] of 1939 that marked the start of [[World War II]], occupying German forces took over the country's munitions and industry; the pistol was valued by the Germans, who continued its production and eventually issued it to [[Waffen-SS]] units. The Vis is highly prized among collectors of firearms<ref name=tward>{{cite magazine |title=VIS-a-VIS |first=Szczepan |last=Twardoch |date=2007 |magazine=Broń i Amunicja |number=3 |pages=48–51 |language=pl |issn=1644-339X}}</ref> and considered by some to be one of the best firearms of the period, combining some of the features present in the [[Colt M1911]], the [[Browning Hi-Power]], and the [[Llama_Firearms#Ruby_"Colt"_transitional_models | Ruby .45 ACP]].<ref name="wptech" /><ref name="trybun" /><ref name="wildmen" /><ref name="sdski" />
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