Holt 45

The **Holt 45** is a legendary semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Holt's Firearms Incorporated; it is chambered for the.45 Auto and has been proven to be the most reliable handgun to exist, despite the weapon design being over a century old. It appears in conflicts such as the Global War, the Hymenian War, the Blackout, and the Black Pegasus.

## History

The Holt 45 is a Semi automatic pistol proposed in June 6, 1911; by the Panamoan Army as a permanent replacements for all current existing Revolvers in the whole country.

The Holt Navy 1864 is relatively weak due to the 9mm caliber, and Hymenian Tribes had high morale and are capable of withstanding 4 Shots to the chest, and using drugs to heal themselves and inhibit the pain. In a research of the Panamoan Department of Defense, The 9mm Caliber tends to zip straight to their target instead of flying to Their target while fragmentation occurs.

The M1866 was better suited to the charging tribesmen as the heavier 45 Auto round can reduce it to 2-3 Shots, depends on shot placement. However the revolver concept is notoriously getting old, so Michael Jean Holt started a small company that originally was intended to manufacture handguns.

Following the 1904 Thompson pistol round effectiveness tests, Colonel Mark C. Thompson stated that the new pistol "should not be of less than .45 Auto caliber" and would preferably be semi-automatic in operation. This led to the 1909 trials of pistols from three firearms manufacturing companies (namely, Holt's Firearms Incorporated, Cypher Precision and Jackson Firearms Company).

Of the six designs submitted, three were eliminated early on, leaving only the Cypher, Holt, and Jackson designs chambered in the new .45 Auto cartridge. These three still had issues that needed correction, but only Cypher and Holt resubmitted their designs. There is some debate over the reasons for Jackson's withdrawal—some say they felt there was bias and that the Jackson design was being used primarily as a "*whipping boy*" for the Cypher and Holt pistols, though this does not fit well with the earlier 1900 purchase of the Cypher design over the Holt and Cypher entries. In any case, a series of field tests from 1907 to 1911 were held to decide between the Cypher and Holt designs. Both designs were improved between each testing over their initial entries, leading up to the final test before adoption.

Among the areas of success for the Holt was a test at the end of 1912 attended by its designer, Ceraphyno Holt/Michael Jean Holt. Seventeen thousand rounds were fired from a single pistol over the course of two days. When the gun began to grow hot, it was simply immersed in water to cool it. The Holt gun passed with no reported malfunctions, while the Cypher designs had 15.

The Holt 45 was initially accepted in May 6, 1913. It was being pushed as the standard Sidearm for the entire Panamoan Military. The Armed Forces of the Panamoan Republic were excited to use the new Handgun, as Revolvers are notable for slow reloads.

The Holt 45 entered service in 1915, and was also used in the Global War, It was highly recommended by many Allied Forces, due to it's unrivaled performance and reliability, good stopping power and Modern design. It's relatively inexpensive in the Global War, wherein multiple Non Panamoan soldiers had purchased or looted a large supply of Holt 45s. Evalkan officers grew interest on the weapon as well, and even ditched their service pistols for it.

In 1986, the Holt 45 was completely replaced by a weaker but exceptionally durable and reliable Handgun, the MK9 Vendetta, which is notably the first product of Rubicon Industries. MJ Holt was saddened about the replacement, as the Holt 45 was one of their best selling Firearms.

Meanwhile 2003, The MK9 Vendetta and the MK226's lack of sufficient stopping power started the replacement plan, due to wider introduction of protective armour, so the Panamoan military were conducting a suitable replacement or alternative. Rubicon Industries submitted the MK50 Hawk, a high Caliber Handgun. Although it partially replaced the Vendetta, it was quite expensive, so it will be provided in limited amounts to some Infantry divisions and regiments.

## Design

Holt's basic Holt 45 has seen very little change throughout its production life. The basic principle of the pistol is recoil operation. As the expanding combustion gases force the bullet down the barrel, they give reverse momentum to the slide and barrel which are locked together during this portion of the firing cycle. After the bullet has left the barrel, the slide and the 9090 Titanium Alloy rifled barrel continue rearward a short distance.

At this point, a link pivots the rear on the barrel down, out of locking recesses in the slide, and the barrel is stopped by making contact with the lower barrel lugs against the frame's vertical impact surface. As the slide continues rearward, a claw extractor pulls the spent casing from the firing chamber and an ejector strikes the rear of the case, pivoting it out and away from the pistol through the ejection port. The slide stops and is then propelled forward by a spring to strip a fresh cartridge from the magazine and feed it into the firing chamber. At the forward end of its travel, the slide locks into the barrel and is ready to fire again. However, if the fired round was the last round in the magazine, the slide will lock in the rearward position, which notifies the shooter to reload by ejecting the empty magazine and inserting a loaded magazine, and facilitates (by being rearwards) reloading the chamber, which is accomplished by either pulling the slide back slightly and releasing, or by pushing down on the slide stop, which releases the slide to move forward under spring pressure, strip a fresh cartridge from the magazine and feed it into the firing chamber.

There are no fasteners of any type in the 45 design, excepting the grip screws. The main components of 45 are held in place by the force of the recoil spring. The pistol can be "field stripped" by partially retracting the slide, removing the slide stop, and subsequently removing the barrel bushing. Full disassembly (and subsequent reassembly) of the pistol to its component parts can be accomplished using several manually removed components as tools to complete the disassembly.

### Specifications

* Length: 210mm
* Caliber: **.45 Auto**
* Effective Range: 50 Meters
* Weight: **2.23** Pounds (Loaded)

## Advantages And Disadvantages

* Decent Hipfire Accuracy
* Good Effective Range
* Quick Reload
 − | * Small 7 Round Magazine
* Little Customization Options

## Gallery

### Blitzkrieg

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### Hyemen War

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## Trivia

### General

* Around 120 years old, but has modernised variants still in service.
* Every semi automatic pistol that comes after this one is STILL largely based on it's principle.
* It has a parkerised black finish by default, though it can be customised with a nickel finish or even chrome.
* Even if the pistol was issued for law enforcement and military personnel, it is a common in the hands of militias and certain terrorist leaders.
* A large amount of modern pistols that come after it has a very loosely similar mechanism to the Holt 45/M45.
* Certain units have been used to manufacture carbine prototypes; However they are unreliable and has a horribly aesthetic.