As the return spring returns the slide forward, the breech face strips a round from the magazine into the chamber and the locking system engages the barrel and locks it with the slide in the battery position.Ī safety lever on the left side of the frame can be engaged by turning it into a notch on the slide to immobilize the slide.
The recoil spring is now free to return its stored energy to the cycle of the weapon by beginning to return the slide forward. The Steyr M handgun is operated by a system of short recoilthe barrel unlocking from the slide by rotation. After Germany annexed Austria inthe Wehrmacht ordered 60, M pistols rechambered to 9mm Parabellum which remained in service until the end of World War II. After World War I, a commercial model the Steyr M was produced and was quite popular with army officers, but Steyr had to rely on foreign exports to sustain production.
Germany also placed an order for 10, Model 12s. The M was developed as the Modela military pistol, but it was not accepted into service until as the M Orders were also placed by Chile and Romania. The M was originally chambered for the 9mm Steyr round. It was developed for the Austro-Hungarian Army and adopted in It was able to endure the adverse conditions of trench warfare during World War I.
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