IWI Dan vs M1911 pistol: Specs Compared

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ASmall arms

IWI Dan

Sniper rifle

Credit

Mztourist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

M1911 pistol — licensed reference photograph

BSmall arms

M1911 pistol

Semi-automatic pistol

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

IWI DanLength

1.28 m

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M1911 pistolLength

0.216 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

IWI Danlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+493%
Range+2300%
Muzzle velocity+248%

M1911 pistollarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 53 rows sourced on both sides

1.28m

216mm

Length+493%

All recorded figures & sources

1.28 m

Length

Single source

1.03 m

stock folded

Single source

Configuration

Details

IWI Dan and M1911 pistol configuration
Specification	IWI Dan	M1911 pistol
Type	Sniper rifle^[source]	Semi-automatic pistol^[source]
Place of origin	Israel^[source]	United States^[source]
Designer	Nehemia Sirkis^[source]	John Browning^[source]
Manufacturer	Israel Weapon Industries^[source]	Colt Manufacturing Company , Smith & Wesson , Norinco , other companies^[source]

Unit cost	$9,000^[source]	$26.38 (1938), equal to $603 now^[source]

Produced	2014–present^[source]	1911–present^[source]

Cartridge	.338 Lapua Magnum^[source]	.45 ACP , .455 Webley Auto (British Contract), .38 Super , 9x19mm Parabellum , 7.65mm Parabellum , 9mm Steyr , .400 Corbon , others^[source]

Action	Bolt-action^[source]	Short recoil operation^[source]

Feed system	10-round detachable box magazine^[source]	7-, 8-, 9-, 10- or 12-round box magazines^[source]

Sights	day or night optical sights back-up iron sights^[source]	—

In service	—	1911–present^[source]

Used by	—	See Users^[source]

Wars	—	As standard U.S. service pistol : Philippine-American War World War I Banana Wars World War II Korean War Vietnam War In non-US standard use: Finnish Civil War Chaco War Constitutionalist Revolution Chinese Civil War Spanish Civil War First Indochina War 1948 Palestine war Indonesian National Revolution Algerian War Laotian Civil War Cuban Revolution Bay of Pigs Invasion The Troubles Basque conflict Rhodesian Bush War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Iran–Iraq War Falklands War Lebanese Civil War Salvadoran Civil War Gulf War War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Designed	—	1911 (Model 1911) 1924 (Model 1911A1)^[source]

No. built	—	2,734,345 (produced by Colt) 4,294,345 (total including licensed copies)^[source]

Variants	—	M1911A1 M1911A2 FN Grand Browning RIA Officers Kongsberg Colt MEU(SOC) pistol^[source]

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