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In fact, more than 90 countries used John Browning’s last pistol design. When the British and the Argentinians faced off during the 1982 Falklands War, both sides carried the Hi-Power-and frequently captured the pistols and its ammunition from each other.Īnd for decades it was the standard NATO sidearm. Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi owned a customized, gold-plated Hi-Power with an image of his face etched in the grips.ĭuring World War II, both the Waffen-SS and the Allied special operators who opposed them-such as agents of the Office of Strategic Services or the Special Operations Executive-often carried the pistol. Saddam Hussein carried one-and liked to fire it into the air to rile up his supporters. The Hi-Power was a part of nearly every world conflict of the 20th century.

From the 1940s until recent times, if a soldier carried a nine-millimeter pistol into battle as part of his weaponry there was a good chance it was a Browning Hi-Power.