Prototype .45/11.5mm Caliber Roth-Krnka

[Bob Riebe]

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/prototype-45-caliber-roth-krnka-for-us-and-uk-trials/

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/what-cartridge-11-5-mm-roth-krnka/11148





In an effort to appeal to American and British military testing commissions, Georg Roth produced a handful of prototype Roth-Krnka pistols in .45 caliber. They used a proprietary cartridge; the 11.5mm Roth (approximately 200 grains at 660 fps, although more powerful versions of the cartridge would be used in other trials pistols later). The gun is a very interesting intermediary design, with the front end of a 1907 Roth-Steyr and the rear end of a Roth-Krnka, complete with exposed hammer.

[Bob Riebe]

Modified.