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Old November 15, 2013, 01:13 PM   #12
Jim Watson
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I remember the early days when H&K was getting ready to move beyond the complex and peculiar P7, and the USP was in the works.

The official corporate designation for the USP is "Universale Selbstladepistole" or "universal self-loading pistol". I have seen an English version as "Universal Service Pistol". But in the developmental phase, it was widely considered to stand for "United States Pistol." A gun they could sell more of to gullible Americans.
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