Editing M1911 pistol (section)

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* {{flag|Argentina}}:{{sfn|Thompson|2011|p=65}} Manufactured M1911 pistols under license from 1945 to 1966 by Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
*{{flag|Austria}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Hungarian Revolution 1956|series=Elite 148|publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]]|first1= Erwin |last1=Schmidl|first2= László |last2=Ritter|date=10 Nov 2006|isbn=9781846030796|page=63}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belgium}}{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
* {{flag|Canada}}: In both World Wars, Canadian officers had the option of privately purchasing their own sidearm and the M1911/M1911A1 was a popular choice. The joint Canadian-US [[First Special Service Force]] (aka "The Devil's Brigade") also used American infantry weapons, including the M1911A1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/weapons/pistols.htm|title=www.canadiansoldiers.com|website=www.canadiansoldiers.com|access-date=2016-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414161742/http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/weapons/pistols.htm|archive-date=2016-04-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Republic of China (1912-1949)|name=China}}: Some use indigenously-made copies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Joseph E.|title=Small Arms of the World|url=https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit|url-access=registration|edition =11|location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|publisher= The Stackpole Company|year=1969|page=[https://archive.org/details/smallarmsofworld00smit/page/293 293]|isbn=9780811715669}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McCollum|first=Ian|author-link=Forgotten Weapons|title=Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949|chapter=Other Chinese Copies|pages=488–493|isbn=9781733424639|date=2021|publisher=Headstamp Publishing}}</ref>
* {{flag|Cuba}}<ref name="Pigs">{{cite book|title=The Bay of Pigs: Cuba 1961|series=Elite 166|first=Alejandro|last= de Quesada |date=10 Jan 2009|isbn=9781846033230 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|page=60}}</ref>
* {{flag|El Salvador}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Infantry Weapons of the Salvadoran Forces|magazine=Small Arms Review|volume=3|issue=8|date=May 2000|first=Julio A.|last=Montes|url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006|access-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230730/http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3006|archive-date=2019-01-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flag|Estonia}}: replaced by [[Heckler & Koch USP|USP pistols]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaitsevägi hävitas vanu püstoleid|trans-title=The Defense Forces destroyed old pistols|language=et|website=mil.ee|url=http://www.mil.ee/et/arhiiv/5365|date=6 June 2006|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122005737/http://www.mil.ee/et/arhiiv/5365|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ethiopian Empire}}: used by the [[Kagnew Battalion]]{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* {{flag|Finland}}: About 51,000 bought by Russian military from United States in years 1915–1917. But only relatively small number of these captured pistols ended up to hands of authorities after [[Finnish Civil War]]. Finnish military had about 120 pistols during World War 2, most of them were issued to field army.<ref name="Jaegerplatoon">{{cite web|url=http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/PISTOLS4.htm|title=FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: REVOLVERS & PISTOLS PART 4|website=www.jaegerplatoon.net|access-date=2018-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214100241/http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/PISTOLS4.htm|archive-date=2018-02-14|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|France}}: 5,500 M1911 received during World War I, especially for [[Tanks in World War I|tank units]], officers and trench raiders.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6556416w/f135.item#|title=Manuel de chef de section d'infanterie de janvier 1918|year=1918|page=133}}</ref>{{sfn|Thompson|2011|p=27}} [[Free French Forces]] received 19,325 Colts.{{sfn|Thompson|2011|p=47}} Known in French service as ''Pistolet automatique 11 mm 4 (C.45)'' (Automatic pistol 11.4mm (calibre .45)). Both M1911 and M1911A1 pistols were used.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= 1956-03-19|title= Manuel du Grade TTA 116|language= fr|publisher= Berger-Levrault|page= 257}}</ref>
* {{flag|Democratic Republic of Georgia}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.mod.gov.ge/ge/page/39/msubuqi-sheiarageba|title=მსუბუქი შეიარაღება - HISTORY.MOD.GOV.GE|access-date=2018-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054829/https://history.mod.gov.ge/ge/page/39/msubuqi-sheiarageba|archive-date=2018-05-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}: Received M1911A1s from US during [[Laotian Civil War]] (1955-1975).<ref>{{cite book|title=The War in Laos 1960–75|series=Men-at-Arms 217|first=Kenneth |last=Conboy|date=23 Nov 1989 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9780850459388|page=15}}</ref>
* {{flag|Luxembourg}}: In service with 1st Artillery Battalion 1963–1967.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mnhm.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126105021/http://www.mnhm.lu/pageshtml/virtualmuseumtour.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2011|title=Virtual Museum Tour|date=26 January 2011}}</ref>
* {{flag|Nazi Germany}}: Used captured pistols during World War II.<ref name="Poyer" />
* {{flag|New Zealand}}: Used during WWII<ref>{{cite book|title=The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II|series=Men-at-Arms 486|first1=Wayne|last1=Stack|first2=Barry|last2=O'Sullivan|date=20 Mar 2013|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9781780961118|page=44}}</ref>
* {{flag|Japan}}: After [[World War II]], the [[Japan Self-Defense Forces]] and [[Law enforcement in Japan|Police]] were provided 101,700 M1911A1s from the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milmag.pl/news/view?news_id=3884|title = Premiera karabinka typ 20|date = 17 May 2020}}</ref> These were used until the 1980s.<ref name="Hobby Japan">{{cite book |title =エリートフォーセス 陸上自衛隊編[Part2] |publisher=Hobby Japan |year=2006 |page=62 |isbn=978-4-89425-485-5}}</ref>
* {{flag|Netherlands}}: 50 received during World War I{{sfn|Thompson|2004|p=27}}
* {{flag|Norway}}:<ref name="Poyer" /> 700 received during World War I{{sfn|Thompson|2004|p=27}} Produced under license as [[Kongsberg Colt]].
* {{flag|Panama}}: Used by the [[Panama Defense Forces]]<ref>{{cite book| last = Weeks| first = John| author-link = Col. John Weeks| title = Jane's Infantry Weapons 1980-1981| publisher = Jane's Publishing Company| volume = Sixth| edition = | date = 1980| location = | pages = 676| language = English| url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0710607024| mr = | zbl = | jfm =}}</ref>
* {{flag|Poland}}: [[Polish Armed Forces in the West]] used pistols during World War II.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* {{flag|Russian Empire}}: 51,000 purchased between February 1916 and January 1917{{sfn|Thompson|2004|p=27}}
* {{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Shanghai_International_Settlement.svg}} [[Shanghai International Settlement]]: Colt M1911 and M1911A1s were used by non-Chinese members of the [[Shanghai Municipal Police]] from 1926{{sfn|Thompson|2011|pp=35-38}}
* {{flag|South Vietnam}}<ref name="Poyer" />
* {{flag|Soviet Union}}: Some M1911 pistols were captured during [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War]] and used in Red Army.<ref>А. Крылов. Оружие красных командиров // «Техника — молодёжи», № 2, 1968.</ref><ref>Пистолет // Гражданская война и военная интервенция в СССР. Энциклопедия / редколл., гл. ред. С. С. Хромов. — 2-е изд. — М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1987. стр.464</ref> Extra 12,977 pistols were received as [[Lend-Lease]] during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Thompson|2011|p=47}}
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Some M1911s chambered for .455 Webley Automatic were supplied to the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. Saw service among elite and special forces during WWII in .45 and .455. Possibly still in use by [[United Kingdom Special Forces|UKSF]].{{cn|date=June 2023}}
* {{flag|United States}}:
**Vernon Police Department, California <ref>{{cite book |last=Grennell |first=Dean|author-link= |date=1980 |title=Law Enforcement Handgun Digest |location= |publisher=DBI Books Inc|page=118 |isbn=0-695-80646-7}} </ref>
* {{flagicon image|FNL Flag.svg}} [[Viet Cong]]: Crude clones used by VC guerrillas with some captured in the Vietnam War.<ref name="forgottenweapons.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/viet-cong-1911-copy/ |title=Viet Cong 1911 Copy |date=31 October 2012 |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905225611/https://www.forgottenweapons.com/viet-cong-1911-copy/ |archive-date=5 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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