The Hi-Power — known as the Browning Hi-Power, the Browning Automatic Pistol, the Grande Puissance, P-35, Pistole 640(b), and so many other names — is arguably the most widely-used military ...

Belgium was overrun by Nazi Germany in 1940, the Germans became fond of of the High Power as well after taking over FN. The Germans forced the factory back into production, called it the "Pistole ...

The Hi Power was the brainchild of American small arms legend John Moses Browning, a prolific inventor who also created the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, still in use with U.S. military forces today.