Beholla pistol

{{Infobox weapon

|name= Beholla Pistol

|image=Beholla Pistol.jpg

|image_size=220

|caption=The Beholla pistol made in 1915 for the German forces in WWI

|origin=German Empire

|type=Semi-automatic pistol

|is_ranged=yes

|service=

|used_by=Germany

|wars= World War I
Lithuanian Wars of Independence
World War II

|designer=Becker & Hollander

|design_date=

|manufacturer=Waffenfabrik August Menz of Suhl

|unit_cost=

|production_date= 1915–1918

|number= 45,000

|variants=

|weight= {{convert|640|g|oz|abbr=on}}

|length= {{convert|140|mm|in|abbr=on}}

|part_length= {{convert|75|mm|in|abbr=on}}

|width=

|height=

|diameter=

|crew=

|cartridge= 7.65×17mm (.32 ACP, 7.65 Browning)

|caliber=

|action= Blowback

|rate=

|velocity= {{convert|905|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}

|range=

|max_range=

|feed= 7-round detachable box magazine

|sights= iron sights

}}

The Beholla pistol was developed by Becker & Hollander. During World War I, it was a secondary military pistol used by the Imperial German Army. It was manufactured from 1915 until 1918, where, at that point, about 45,000 were produced.

After the Great War, the firm of Waffenfabrik August Menz of Suhl continued to produce the Beholla as the Menta.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624030205/http://www.gunsworld.com/gun_pistols/beholla.htm |url=http://www.gunsworld.com/gun_pistols/beholla.htm |title=Beholla |publisher=Gunsworld.com |archivedate=June 24, 2008 |accessdate=October 23, 2013}}

From 1921-1932, the company, Franz Stock Maschinenbau und Werkzeugfabrik, manufactured an improved version of the Beholla pistol that saw use by police agencies in Germany and Austria.{{cite web|url=https://www.guns.com/firearms/handguns/semi-auto/stock-1924-7-65mm-semi-automatic-8-rounds-3-barrel-used?p=867582|title=STOCK 1924|website=Guns.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612215022/https://www.guns.com/firearms/handguns/semi-auto/stock-1924-7-65mm-semi-automatic-8-rounds-3-barrel-used?p=867582|archive-date=June 12, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Stock/FSP08c/fsp08c.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612215853/https://unblinkingeye.com/Guns/Stock/FSP08c/fsp08c.html|archive-date=June 12, 2023|title=The Franz Stock Automatic Pistols}}{{cite book|last=McCollum|first=Ian|author-link=Forgotten Weapons|title=Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 - 1949|pages=514–515|isbn=9781733424639|date=2021|publisher=Headstamp Publishing|quote=The Franz Stock was a simple pistol produced in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. It was made in both .25 ACP and .32 ACP models and used a simple blowback system with a recoil spring wrapped around a fixed barrel. They did not see military service but were used by German and Austrian police forces in small numbers.}}