10.6×25mmR

• Name — 10.6×25mmR German Ordnance • Origin — German Empire • Type — Pistol • Service — 1879-1945 • Used By — German Empire • Wars — German colonial conflicts, Boxer Rebellion, World War I, World War II • Design Date — Exact date of development is uncertain. Sometime between German unification (following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71), and formal adoption of the Reichsrevolver in 1879. • Is Si Specs — yes • Parent — Believed to be a development of the.44 Russian • Case Type — Rimmed, straight case • Bullet — 10.92 • Shoulder — 11.5 • Base — 11.53 • Rim Dia — 12.94 • Case Length — 24.64 • Length — 36.82 • Pressure Method — C.I.P. • Bw1 — 262 • Btype1 — LRN • Vel1 — 705 • En1 — 298 • Balsrc — "Cartridges of the World" The 10.6×25mmR German Ordnance cartridge, also called the 10.6mm Reichsrevolver, the 10.6mm Service Ordnance, or the 10.55mm German cartridge, is a pistol cartridge designed by the then newly formed German Empire for their first two official service revolvers the M1879 & M1883 Reichsrevolvers. It is believed to have been influenced by, or developed from the.44 Russian cartridge, which had been developed by the American firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson for the Armies of Imperial Russia.

When they were adopted by Imperial Germany, both the 10.6×25mmR German Ordnance cartridge and the Reichsrevolver had already been surpassed by more advanced developments already in use by other nations and empires of Europe and the Americas. The 10.6×25mm German Ordnance cartridge would be slowly phased out and replaced in German service by the modern 9×19mm Parabellum round with the adoption of the Pistole Parabellum 1908 (more commonly called the Luger pistol) in 1908, and would be used alongside its successor, the 9×19mm Parabellum, in World War I, and would see minimal use through the period of World War II, before finally being completely phased out.

The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that 10.6×25mmR is classified as a pistol cartridge.