Frommer Stop
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| Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Place of origin | Austria-Hungary |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1914–1945 |
| Used by | See § Users |
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| Production history | |
| Designer | Rudolf Frommer |
| Designed | 1911 |
| Manufacturer | Fegyver- és Gépgyár |
| Produced | 1912–1918, 1919–1929, 1939–1940 |
| Variants | See § Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 610 g (22 oz) |
| Length | 165 mm (6.5 in) |
| Barrel length | 95 millimeters (3.7 in) |
| Cartridge | 7.65mm 9mm Kurz |
| Action | Recoil-operated |
| Muzzle velocity | 280 m/s (919 ft/s) |
| Feed system | 8-round detachable box magazine |
The Frommer Stop (Template:Langx, StÖP) is a Hungarian semi-automatic pistol which was manufactured by small arms firm Fegyver- és Gépgyár (FÉG) in Budapest.
History
The Stop was designed by Rudolf Frommer and adopted by the Austro-Hungarian Army in 1914[1] as the Pisztoly 12.M alongside the Steyr-Hahn.
Design
The Stop features a 165 millimeters (6.5 in) long frame with a 95 millimeters (3.7 in) 4-groove rifled barrel using a long-recoil, straight-pull, rotating bolt locking action with the barrel and bolt employing independent return springs in a cylindrical housing above the barrel.
Its unloaded weight is 610 g (22 oz), and the detachable box magazine holds eight rounds of 7.65 x 17mm Frommer Long (essentially a higher velocity .32 ACP round).[2]
Operation
The model designation "STOP" is often mis-attributed as solely a marketing allusion to the pistol's stopping power as used with commercial advertising after the war but it was originally an acronym for “Szabályozott öntöltő pisztoly”, related to the unique bolt hold (stop) mechanism employed in the long-recoil action.
Such a complex locking action is not necessary for .32 ACP and .380 ACP cartridges and later FÉG Frommer 29.M and 37.M pistols used more conventional simple blow-back actions.
The pistol incorporated design features of Frommer's earlier sidearm designs, including the M1901,1906 and M1910 all three of which were inspired by the Roth–Theodorovic pistol.[3]
Using his earlier pistols' basic long-recoil locked action, Frommer redesigned it with a more compact and conventional layout for the Model 1910 and patented it in 1911 for use with the Stop.
Ammunition
The Frommer Stop was chambered for a 7.65mm cartridge, and optimally fires a proprietary 7.65 Frommer version with a heavier power charge and heavier bullet, which had a crimp in the shell casing at the base. This round achieved a velocity of 920 feet per second (280 m/s) from the gun.[citation needed] The Stop also fires normal .32 ACP ammunition, but with less energetic recoil, ejection, and rechambering.
A 9mm Frommer (a higher velocity .380 ACP or 9mm Kurz) variant of the Stop was produced from 1912 to 1929 for export.[4] This pistol will also shoot normal .380 ACP ammunition, but the hotter loads help drive the long recoil action.
Variants
Baby
A shortened 57mm barrel, 6 shot version of the 12.M Stop called the "Baby" was manufactured alongside the Stop for commercial sale as a pocket pistol.[5]
39.M
A final limited production .380 ACP export-only version of the Stop was reportedly manufactured in 1939 to 1940 as the 39.M.[6]
FÉG 37M
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M.17 Machine pistol variant
Beginning in 1916, the Austro-Hungarians made several attempts to replicate the Italian Villar Perosa aircraft submachine gun.
In 1917, FÉG converted two Frommer Stop pistols into automatic machine pistols with 25-round magazines and fitted them side-by-side to a central mount with a tripod.
The machine-pistols were mounted upside-down, and the magazine catches were enlarged for easier unloading. The triggers were removed, and the guns were operated by a set of rods connecting to the spade grips of the mount, which directly engaged the sears. The barrels were lengthened and the cocking mechanisms were redesigned as protruding arms, which were engaged by a set of hinged retracting levers.[7][8]
This submachine gun was designed to be used as a light machine gun like the Villar Perosa. Although it was tested by the Austro-Hungarian Army, it was not successful and was only made in small numbers.[9][10]
The Frommer machine-pistol was succeeded later in 1917 by the more successful Škoda of Plzeň Sturmpistole (not to be confused with the German World War II flare and grenade launcher,) a direct copy of the Villar Perosa.[8]
Adoption
The pistol was manufactured in various forms from 1912 to 1929 and was also used by various nations in World War I and World War II.[11]
Users
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See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.C&Rsenal (2017-05-22). History of WWI Primer 051: Hungarian Frommer Stop Documentary. Retrieved 2025-09-04 – via YouTube.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broten, Merv. "Frommer Baby and Stop Pistols". cruffler.com. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Antaris, Leonardo M. (2017). "In the Beginning". American Rifleman. 165 (10). National Rifle Association of America: 80.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hungarian Weapons Femaru Frommer Stop Pistol". www.hungariae.com. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hungarian Weapons Frommer Stop Baby Pistol". www.hungariae.com. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hungarian Weapons Femaru Frommer Stop Pistol". www.hungariae.com. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ortner, M. Christian (2006). Storm Troops: Austro-Hungarian Assault Units and Commandos in the First World War: Tactics, Organisation, Uniforms and Equipment. Vienna: Militaria Verlag. ISBN 9783950164282. OCLC 63197175.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frommer M.17". firearms.96.lt. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Forgotten Weapons (2022-11-23). Frommer Pistolen-MG Model 1917: A Crazy Villar Perosa Copy. Retrieved 2026-03-30 – via YouTube.
- ^ https://firearms.96.lt/pages/frommerm17
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hungarian Weapons Femaru Frommer Stop Pistol". www.hungariae.com. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Hungarian Frommer Stop self-loading pistol". armamentresearch.com. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
External links
- Frommer double barrel machine gun
- Frommer M.17 palm fired pistol
- Small Arms of WWI Primer 051: Hungarian Frommer Stop on YouTube
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