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{{Short description|Service revolver}}
{{Infobox weapon
 | name              = Smith & Wesson Model 1899 Military & Police
 | image             = M&Prevolver.jpg
 | image_size        = 300
 | caption           = [[Lend-Lease]] M&P dating from [[World War II]], missing lanyard ring
 | origin            = United States
 | type              = [[Service pistol|Service]] [[revolver]]
<!-- Type selection -->
 | is_ranged         = yes
<!-- Service history -->
 | service           = 1899–present
 | used_by           = See [[Smith & Wesson Model 10#Users|Users]]
 | wars              = [[World War I]]<br />[[Easter Rising]]<br />[[Irish War of Independence]]<br />[[World War II]]<br />[[First Indochina War]]<br />[[Korean War]]<br />[[Vietnam War]]<br />[[Laotian Civil War]]<br />[[Cambodian Civil War]]<br />[[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<ref>{{cite news|date=29 December 2017 |title=Arms for freedom|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812|access-date=2019-08-31|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407144902/http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812|archive-date= April 7, 2018}}</ref><br />[[Gulf War]]<br />[[The Troubles]]<br />[[Lebanese Civil War]]<br />[[Portuguese Colonial War]]<br />other conflicts
<!-- Production history -->
 | designer          = 
 | design_date       = 1899
 | manufacturer      = [[Smith & Wesson]]
 | production_date   = 1899–present
 | number            = 6,000,000+
 | variants          = 38 M&P<br />M&P Model 1902<br />Model of 1905<br />Victory Model<br />Model 10
<!-- General specifications -->
 | weight            = ~ {{convert|34|oz|g}} with standard {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}} barrel (unloaded)
 | length            = 
 | part_length       = 
* {{convert|2|in|mm}}
* {{convert|2.5|in|mm}}
* {{convert|3|in|mm}}
* {{convert|4|in|mm}}
* {{convert|5|in|mm}}
* {{convert|6|in|mm}}
 | crew              = 
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications -->
 | cartridge         = [[.38 Long Colt]]<br />[[.38 Special]]<br />[[.38-200|.38/200 (.38 S&W)]]
 | caliber           = 
 | action            = [[Trigger (firearms)#Double-action|Double action]]
 | rate              = 
 | velocity          = {{convert|1000|ft/s|m/s}} (''.38 Special'')<br/>{{convert|685|ft/s|m/s}} (''.38/200'')
 | range             = 
 | max_range         = 
 | feed              = 6-round cylinder
 | sights            = Blade front sight, notched rear sight
}}

The '''Smith & Wesson Model 10''', previously known as the '''Smith & Wesson .38 Hand Ejector Model of 1899''', the '''Smith & Wesson Military & Police''' or the '''Smith & Wesson Victory Model''', is a K-frame<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americanhandgunner.com/handguns/j-k-l-n-m-e-i-e-i-o-demystifying-all-those-sw-frame-types/ | title=J, K, L, N, M? E-I-E-I-O… Demystifying All Those S&W Frame Types | date=11 April 2022 }}</ref>{{Clarification needed|date=March 2025}} [[revolver]]. In production since 1899, the Model 10 is a six-shot, [[.38 Special]], [[trigger (firearms)#Double-action only|double-action]] revolver with fixed sights. Over its production run it has been available with barrel lengths of {{convert|2|in|mm|abbr=on}}, {{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}, {{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on}}, {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}}, and {{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on}}. Barrels of {{convert|2.5|in|mm}} are also known to have been made for special contracts.<ref name="supica2001" /> Over 6,000,000 of the type have been produced over the years, making it the [[List of most-produced firearms|most-produced handgun]] of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boorman|first1=Dean K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jnqqkW85u8C|title=The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms|year=2002|page=46|publisher=Globe Pequot Press |isbn=978-1-58574-721-4 |quote=The .38 in ''Military and Police'' Model 10 has historically been the mainstay of the Smith & Wesson Company, with some 6,000,000 of this general type produced to date. It was the most commonly used police sidearm in the United States from the 1920s to the 1970s. It has been described as the most successful handgun of all time, and the most popular centerfire revolver of the 20th Century.}}{{dead link|date=January 2025}}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:M&P1899.JPG|thumb|left|The first Model M&P of 1899, six-inch barrel. The ejector rod is free-standing, without the under-barrel latch of later models]]
[[Image:S&W Model 10 original lockwork.jpg|thumb|left|The lockwork of the first model differed substantially from subsequent versions. The trigger return spring is a flat leaf rather than the coil spring-powered slide used in variations dating from 1905 onwards.]]

In 1899, the United States Army and Navy placed orders with Smith & Wesson for two to three thousand Model 1899 Hand Ejector revolvers chambered for the M1892 [[.38 Long Colt]] U.S. Service Cartridge. With this order, the Hand Ejector Model became known as the .38 Military and Police model.<ref name="cumpston2003">{{cite web|last=Cumpston |first=Mike |title=The First M&P |access-date=2008-05-02 |url=http://www.gunblast.com/Cumpston_SW-MP.htm |date=2003-01-16 |publisher=Gunblast.com}}</ref> That same year, in response to reports from military sources serving in the Philippines on the relative ineffectiveness of the new cartridge, Smith & Wesson began offering the Military & Police in a new chambering, .38 S&W Special (a.k.a. .38 Special), a slightly elongated version of the .38 Long Colt cartridge with greater bullet weight (158 grains) and powder charge increased from 18 to 21 grains of gunpowder.<ref name="cumpston2003"/>

In 1902, the .38 Military & Police (2nd Model) was introduced and featured substantial changes.<ref name="supica2001">{{cite book|last=Supica |first=Jim |author2=Richard Nahas |title=Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson |location=Iola Wisconsin |year=2001 |publisher=Krause Publications |page=1068}}</ref> These included major modification and simplification of the internal lockwork and the addition of a locking underlug on the barrel to engage the previously free-standing ejector rod. Barrel lengths were 4-, 5-, 6-, and 6.5-inches with a rounded butt. Serial numbers for the Military & Police ranged from number 1 in the series to 20,975. Most of the early M&P revolvers chambered in .38 Special appear to have been sold to the civilian market.<ref name="cumpston2003"/> By 1904, S&W was offering the .38 M&P with a rounded or square butt, and 4-, 5-, and 6.5-inch barrels.

===World War I===

[[File:Model10target.jpg|thumb|left|Smith & Wesson 1905 4th change 1915 Target model. "NRA" Slow Fire at 25 yards. The hammer was added later and is in the general form of the King Gun Shop modification usually intended for the timed and rapid-fire portions of the NRA course.]]The .38 [[Smith & Wesson Model 1905|S&W Military & Police Model of 1905]] 4th Change, introduced 1915, incorporated a passive hammer block and enlarged service sights that quickly became a standard across the service revolver segment of the industry. The M&P revolver was issued in large numbers during World War I, where it proved itself to be a highly reliable and accurate weapon. Although WWI saw the rise of semi-automatic pistols, revolvers such as the M&P were used in vast numbers as semi-automatic handgun production at the time wasn't sufficient to meet the demand.

After the War, the M&P would become the standard issue police sidearm for the next 70 years. It would also become very popular with civilian shooters, with several new models being made, including the first [[Snubnosed revolver|snubnosed]] 2-, 2.5- and 3-inch barrel models being made in 1936.<ref name="supica2001"/><ref>http://sportsmansvintagepress.com/read-free/smith-wesson-hand-guns/sw-terrier/ Smith & Wesson did not succumb to the fad for short-barreled revolvers until 1936 when the firm brought out what was termed the "S&W .38/32 2″," later christened the "Terrier" which was simply the round butt Regulation Police Model with a two-inch barrel.</ref>

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===World War II===
The S&W M&P military revolvers produced from 1942 to 1944 had serial numbers with a "V" prefix, and were known as the "Smith & Wesson Victory Model". Early Victory Models did not always have the V prefix. During World War II 590,305<ref name=nra/> of these revolvers were supplied to the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa under the [[Lend-Lease]] program, chambered in the British [[.38-200|.38/200]] caliber already in use in the [[Enfield No. 2|Enfield No 2 Mk I Revolver]] and the [[Webley Revolver|Webley Mk IV Revolver]]. Most Victory Models sent to Britain were fitted with 4-inch or 5-inch barrels, although a few early versions had 6-inch barrels.<ref>Shore, C. (Capt), ''With British Snipers to the Reich'', Paladin Press (1988), p. 55</ref><ref>Dunlap, Roy, ''Ordnance Went Up Front'', Samworth Press (1948), p. 142</ref> The 5-inch barrel was standard production after 4 April 1942. The [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS) supplied thousands of these revolvers to resistance forces. Thousands of Victory Model revolvers remained in [[United States Army]] inventories following World War II for arming foreign military and security personnel.<ref name=nra>{{cite journal |last=Canfield |first=Bruce N. |year=2020 |title=The Smith & Wesson Victory Model Revolver |journal=[[American Rifleman]] |volume=168 |issue=11 |pages=46–51 |publisher=[[National Rifle Association of America]] }}</ref>

An additional 352,315<ref name=nra/> Victory Model revolvers chambered in the [[.38 Special]] cartridge were used by United States forces during World War II. The Victory Model was a standard-issue sidearm for United States Navy and Marine Corps aircrews and was also used by security guards at factories and defense installations throughout the United States during the war.<ref name="Ayoob2010">{{cite book|last=Ayoob|first=Massad|author-link=Massad Ayoob|title=Massad Ayoob's Greatest Handguns of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAeBNnV3m-cC&pg=PA71|date=15 March 2010|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1503-2|page=71}}</ref> Although the latter personnel could use conventional [[lead]] bullets, [[Remington Arms]] manufactured REM UMC 38 SPL [[headstamp]]ed cartridges loaded with a {{cvt|158|gr}} [[Full metal jacket (ammunition)|full metal jacket]] bullet for military use in overseas combat zones. [[Tracer ammunition]] was manufactured for signaling purposes.<ref name=nra/>

Initial production of 65,000 4-inch-barreled revolvers for Navy aircrew bypassed standard procurement procedures, and quality suffered without traditional inspection procedures. Quality improved when Army ordnance inspectors became involved in early 1942, and the design was modified in 1945 to include an improved [[Hammer (firearms)|hammer block]] after a sailor was killed by a loaded revolver discharging when accidentally dropped onto a steel deck. Many aircrews preferred to carry the revolver rather than the heavier [[M1911 pistol]]. Pilots often preferred a shoulder holster in the confined space of a cockpit, but a hip holster was also available for security personnel.<ref name=nra/>

Some of these revolvers remained in service well into the 1990s with units of the United States Armed Forces, including the [[United States Air Force]] and the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]. Until the introduction of the [[Beretta M9]] 9mm pistol in 1990, U.S. Army helicopter crew members and female [[military police]] were equipped with .38 caliber Victory Model revolvers. Five hundred revolvers with two-inch barrels were delivered on 22 August 1944<ref name=nra/> for [[United States Army Criminal Investigation Command|Criminal Investigation Division]] agents. The Victory Model remained in use with Air National Guard tanker and transport crews as late as [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]] in 1991, and with [[United States Navy]] security personnel until 1995.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>

Some Lend-Lease Victory Model revolvers originally chambered for the British .38/200 were returned to the United States and rechambered to fire the more popular and more powerful .38 Special ammunition, and such revolvers are usually so marked on their barrels. Rechambering of .38-200 cylinders to .38 Special results in oversized chambers, which may cause problems.

[[Lee Harvey Oswald]] used a Victory Model to murder [[J.D. Tippit]] shortly after [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassinating President John F. Kennedy]]. It was found in his possession when he was apprehended on November 22, 1963.<ref name="Martin2010">{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Orlando|title=JFK. Analysis of a Shooting: The Ultimate Ballistics Truth Exposed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rsXsKhQYgHkC&pg=PA118|date=January 2010|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|isbn=978-1-60844-315-4|pages=118–119}}</ref>

The finish on Victory Models was typically a [[Abrasive blasting|sandblasted]] and [[Parkerizing|parkerized]] finish, which is noticeably different from the higher-quality blue or nickel/chrome finishes usually found on commercial M&P/Model 10 revolvers. Other distinguishing features of the Victory Model revolver are the lanyard loop at the bottom of the grip frame, and the use of smooth (rather than checkered) walnut grip panels. However, some early models did use a checkered grip, most notably the pre-1942 manufacture.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hunter | first = Hunter | year = 2009 | title = S&W Victory & Colt Commando Revolvers | journal = American Rifleman | volume = 157| issue= 6 | pages = 36–37 | issn = 0003-083X}}</ref>

====Foreign police use and copies====
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-720-0318-36, Frankreich, Milizionär bewacht Widerstandskämpfer.jpg|upright|thumb|The "92 espagnol", a Spanish-made copy of Smith & Wesson's M&P as used by the French [[Milice]] during World War II and chambered in [[8mm French Ordnance]].]]
During the [[World War I|First World War]], copies (slightly undersized) of the Military & Police were produced in Eibar and Guernica (Spain), in [[8mm French Ordnance|8mm]] 1892 caliber for the French armies.

S&W Military & Police revolvers were provided to reorganized police forces, such as the [[Federal Police (Austria)|Austrian Police]], during the occupation after [[World War II]]. It is incorrect to refer to them as "the Model 10" as model numbers were not introduced by Smith & Wesson until 1957. 

The weapon is currently{{When|date=December 2016}} used by French cash couriers and banks, [[Hong Kong Disciplined Services|Disciplined Services]] of Hong Kong, [[Myanmar Police Force]] officers and other Burmese paramilitary units, [[National Police of Peru|Peruvian National Police]] and other police units.

===Model 10===
After World War II, Smith & Wesson returned to manufacturing the M&P series. Along with cosmetic changes and the replacement of the frame fitting grip with the Magna stocks, the spring-loaded hammer block safety gave way to a cam-actuated hammer block that rode in a channel in the side plate (Smith 1968). In the late 1950s, Smith & Wesson adopted the convention of using numeric designations to distinguish their various models of handguns, and the M&P was renamed the '''Model 10'''.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>

The M&P/Model 10 has been available in both blued steel finish and nickel finish for most of its production run. The model has also been offered throughout the years with both the round butt and square butt grip patterns. Beginning with the Model 10–5 series in the late 1960s, the tapered barrel and its trademark 'half moon' front sight (as shown in the illustrations on this page) were replaced by a straight bull barrel and a sloped milled ramp front sight. Late model Model 10s are capable of handling any .38 Special cartridge produced today up to and including [[Overpressure ammunition|+P+]] rounds.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>

{{As of|2012}} the Model 10 was available only in a 4-inch barrel model, as was its stainless steel (Inox) counterpart, the [[Smith & Wesson Model 64]].<ref name="Shideler2011">{{cite book|last=Shideler|first=Dan|title=Gun Digest 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEjWeu2XJlEC&pg=PA420|date=7 August 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-1447-9|page=420}}</ref> Some 6,000,000 M&P revolvers have been produced over the years, making it the most popular handgun of the 20th century.<ref>Boorman, Dean K., ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=5jnqqkW85u8C The History of Smith & Wesson Firearms]'' (2002), p. 46: "The .38 in ''Military and Police'' Model 10 has historically been the mainstay of the Smith & Wesson Company, with some 6,000,000 of this general type produced to date. It has been described as the most successful handgun of all time, and the most popular centerfire revolver of the 20th Century."<!-- THIS IS AN EXACT QUOTATION, so be careful if you edit it. --></ref>

== Model 10 variants ==

[[File:Smith and Wesson Model 10-5.jpg|thumb|Smith and Wesson Model 10-5]]
[[File:Smith & Wesson 10-6, Wiki.jpg|thumb|Smith and Wesson Model 10-6]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+Table of modifications<ref>{{cite book |last1=Supica |first1=Jim |last2=Nahas |first2=Richard |title=Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson |date=2016 |publisher=Gun Digest |location=Iola, WI |isbn=978-1-4402-4563-3 |page=204 |edition=4th |url=https://www.gundigeststore.com/product/standard-catalog-of-smith-wesson-4th-edition/ |accessdate=6 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
! Model !! Year !! Modifications
|-
| 10|| 1957 || Introduction
|-
| 10-1 || 1959 || Heavy barrel introduced
|-
| 10-2 || 1961 || Change extractor rod thread for standard barrel
|-
| 10-3 || 1961 || Change extractor rod thread for heavy barrel, change front sight width from 1/10" to 1/8"
|-
| 10-4 || 1962 || Eliminate trigger-guard screw on standard barrel frame
|-
| 10-5 || 1962 || Change sight width from 1/10" to 1/8" on standard barrel
|-
| 10-6 || 1962 || Eliminate trigger-guard screw on heavy-barrel frame
|-
| 10-7|| 1977 || Change gas ring from yoke to cylinder for standard barrel
|-
| 10-8 || 1977 || Change gas ring from yoke to cylinder for heavy barrel
|-
| 10-9 || 1988 || Replace yoke retention system, radius stud package, floating hand hammer nose bushing for standard barrel
|-
| 10-10 || 1988 || Replace yoke retention system, radius stud package, floating hand hammer nose bushing for heavy barrel
|-
| 10-11 || 1997 || MIM hammer/trigger and floating firing pin for standard barrel and HB heavy barrel Model M10 Park police model.
|-
| 10-12 || 1997 || MIM hammer/trigger + floating firing pin for heavy barrel
|-
| 10-13 || 2002 || Limited production 1899 commemorative edition
|-
| 10-14 || 2002 || Internal lock added
|-
| 10-14 || 2010 || Discontinued 
|-
| 10-14 || 2012 || Reintroduced as part of the Classic Line
|}

===.357 Magnum variations===
After a small prototype run of Model 10-6 revolvers in .357 Magnum caliber, Smith & Wesson introduced the [[Smith & Wesson Model 13|Model 13]] heavy barrel in carbon steel and then the [[Smith & Wesson Model 64|Model 65]] in [[stainless steel]]. Both revolvers featured varying barrel weights and lengths—generally three and four inches with and without underlugs (shrouds). Production dates began in 1974 for the Model 13 and ended upon discontinuation in 1999. The Model 65 was in production from 1972 to 1999.<ref name="supica2001" /> Both the blued and stainless models were popular with police and FBI, and a variation of the Model 65 was marketed in the Lady Smith line from 1992 to 1999.

=== .38 S&W variations ===
From the late 1940s to early 1960s Smith & Wesson made a Variation of the Model 10 chambered for .38 S&W called the Model 11<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2017/6/14/wiley-clapp-the-38-sw-isnt-that-special/|title=Wiley Clapp: The .38 S&W—Isn't That Special?|website=www.americanrifleman.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> that was sent to [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] countries to supply their armies<ref name=":0" /> and police forces. They were sent to [[Canada]] as well.

===Clones===
A few copies of Smith & Wesson Model 10 were produced in Israel by [[Israel Military Industries]] (IMI) as the Revolver IMI 9mm. The weapon was chambered in the 9mm Luger caliber, instead of .38 Special, the original caliber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hebrewhammerblog.com/2015/05/12/the-mystery-of-the-imi-9mm-revolver/|title=The Mystery of the IMI 9mm Revolver|date=12 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/59/1817/i-m-i-israeli-mp#detail|title=Rock Island Auction: I.M.I. (Israeli) - M&P|website=www.rockislandauction.com}}</ref> Also, [[Norinco]] of China has manufactured the NP50, which is a copy of the [[Smith & Wesson Model 64]], since 2000.

== Replacement ==
The S&W Model 10 revolver was a popular weapon before the [[semi-automatic pistol]] replaced the revolver in many police departments, as well as police units and armies.

* Certain units of Ireland's [[Garda Síochána|Gardaí]] (Irish Police) had replaced the Model 10 with the [[SIG Sauer P226]] and [[Walther P99]]C semi-automatic pistols.
*[[Victoria Police]] replaced the K frame model 10 with the [[Smith & Wesson M&P|M&P]] in [[.40 S&W]].
*[[New Zealand Police]] replaced the revolver with the [[Glock|Glock 17]].<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
* [[New South Wales Police Force]] replaced the Model 10 with the [[Glock|Glock 22]], [[Glock|Glock 23]] and [[Glock|Glock 27]].
* The weapon was used by Norway's [[Home Guard (Norway)|Home Guard]] until 1986 and the [[Norwegian Police Service]] until 2008, being replaced by the [[Heckler & Koch P30]]
* Portuguese police replaced the weapon by the [[Walther PP]], subsequently by the Glock 19.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
* [[Royal Malaysia Police]] used the Model 10 as a standard sidearm from the early 1970s alongside the [[Smith & Wesson Model 15|Model 15]] before it was replaced by the [[Beretta Px4 Storm]] and [[Walther P99]]. It was used by [[Police Volunteer Reserve Corp (Malaysia)|Police Volunteer Reserve]] as a standard sidearm and also by [[The People's Volunteer Corps|RELA Corps]] for training and self-defence purposes for their officers along with the [[Smith & Wesson Model 36]] 2-inch barrel.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
* The Model 10 was formerly the standard issue for many firearms-trained police officers in the United Kingdom and in many forces they were replaced by the Glock 17.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
* The weapon was used by [[United States Army]] and [[United States Marine Corps]], only to be replaced by the [[M1911 pistol|M1911A1]] and the [[Beretta M9|M9]] pistols.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/> Prior to the introduction of the M9 pistol in 1985, the Army and the Marine Corps issued Model 10s to aircrew members and female military policemen (both officers and enlisted MPs). Snub nose versions were used by Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agents.
* The Model 10-6 was used by uniform staff of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision until 2017 when it was replaced by the Glock 17. The Glock 19 and Glock 26 were already in use by Community Supervision (for parole officers) and OSI (Office of Special Investigation).

==Users==
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*{{flag|Algeria}}<ref>{{cite web|title=World Infantry Weapons: Algeria |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203856/http://sites.google.com:80/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_algeria|archive-date=24 November 2016|date=2015 |url=http://sites.google.com:80/site/worldinventory/wiw_af_algeria }}</ref>
*{{flag|Australia}}<ref name="Arnold2011"/> – Was used by police across the country. Replaced by multiple different semi-automatic pistols between 1990 and 2010.
*{{flag|Bangladesh}} – Formerly used in Bangladesh Liberation War.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/bangladesh-liberation-war-1971-muktijuddho-guerrilla-fighter-arms-freedom-1511812 | title=Arms for freedom | date=29 December 2017 |first1=Zaid|last1=Kalam|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
*{{flag|Canada|1921}} – Various Police Forces.
*{{flag|China}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Costa Rica}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|France}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|British Hong Kong}} – [[Royal Hong Kong Police]].<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Hong Kong SAR}} – The M10HB is the standard issue sidearm of the [[Hong Kong Police Force]]. It is being phased out by the [[QSZ-92|CF98-A]] since July 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270000/hong-kong-police-replace-us-made-service-revolvers-mainland-chinese-pistols |title= Hong Kong police to replace US-made service revolvers with mainland Chinese pistols |website=South China Morning Post |date=11 July 2024 |first1= Clifford |last1=Lo |last2=Lo |first2=Hoi-ying|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714063515/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3270000/hong-kong-police-replace-us-made-service-revolvers-mainland-chinese-pistols|archivedate=2024-07-14}}</ref> It's also used by several others discipline forces.
*{{flag|Iceland}} – Armed officers of the [[Icelandic Police]], Replaced by the [[Glock 17]]. The [[Icelandic Coast Guard]] has also used the Model 10 in the past.
*{{flag|Pahlavi Iran}}
*{{flag|Indonesia}}<ref name="SmallArmsToday88indo">{{cite book| last = Ezell| first = Edward| author-link = Edward C. Ezell| title = Small Arms Today| publisher = Stackpole Books| volume = 2nd| edition = | date = 1988
| pages = 199| language = English | isbn = 0811722805| jfm =}}</ref> US Military Assistance Program 1,332 in 1971 and 3,943 in 1972
*{{flag|Iran}}<ref>{{cite web|title=WWII weapons in the Ayatollah's Iran|url=https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2016/10/16/wwii-weapons-in-the-ayatollahs-iran/|website=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com|date=16 October 2016}}{{self-published source|date=March 2021}}</ref>
*{{flag|Ireland}} – Armed units of the [[Garda Síochána]] (To be phased out). 
*{{flag|Israel}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007">{{cite book|last1=Supica|first1=Jim|last2=Nahas|first2=Richard|title=Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8qXdU45SCUC&pg=PA142|date=2007|publisher=F+W Media, Inc|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-89689-293-4|pages=141–143, 174, 210–211}}</ref>
*{{flag|Jamaica}}
*{{flag|Japan}} – Used in some [[Law enforcement in Japan#Prefectural Police|prefectural police headquarters]] since late 1940s.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Sugiura|first=Hisaya|date=September 2015|title=Pistols of the Japanese police in the postwar era |journal= {{ill|Gun Professionals|ja}}|pages=72–79 |publisher=[[Hobby Japan]] }}</ref>
*{{flag|Jordan}}
*{{flag|Kingdom of Laos}} – Received from US Government during [[Laotian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The War in Laos 1960–75|series=Men-at-Arms 217|first=Kenneth |last=Conboy|date=23 Nov 1989 |publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=9780850459388|page=15}}</ref>
*{{flag|Latvia}}
* {{flag|Libya}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/wiw_af_libya|title=World Infantry Weapons: Libya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005200329/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_africa/wiw_af_libya|archive-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
*{{flag|Malaysia}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|New Zealand}}<ref name="Arnold2011"/>
*{{flag|Nicaragua}} – Used by police and security forces<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/back-from-nicaragua|title = Back from Nicaragua!|date = 28 May 2014}}</ref>
*{{flag|Norway}} – standard firearm of [[Norwegian Police Service]] from 1981 until about 2007.
*{{flag|Pakistan}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/> 
*{{flag|Panama}} - Used by the [[Panama Defense Forces]].<ref name="OspPanweaps">{{cite book | last = Rottman| first = Gordon| author-link = Gordon L. Rottman | title = Panama 1989-90| publisher = Osprey Publishing| series = Elite | volume = 37 | date = 2010 | pages = 14, 15, 57, 62, 63 | isbn = 9781855321564}}</ref>
*{{flag|Paraguay}} – used during the [[Chaco War]].<ref name ='Chaco'>{{cite book|first=Alejandro |last=de Quesada|title=The Chaco War 1932-35: South America's greatest modern conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTm3CwAAQBAJ|date=20 November 2011|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=978-1-84908-901-2|pages=18, 44 |series=Men At Arms No. 474}}</ref>
*{{flag|Peru}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Philippines|1936}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/> 
*{{flag|Portugal}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
* {{flag|Singapore}} – Used by the [[Singapore Police Force]] before switching to the [[Taurus Model 85]] revolvers in 2002 and the Model 85 revolvers are still in service today.
*{{flag|Union of South Africa}}<ref name="Arnold2011">{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=David|title=Classic Handguns of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34SHLuTCQdMC&pg=PA33|date=28 February 2011|publisher=Gun Digest Books|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-2640-3|page=33}}</ref>
* {{flag|Republic of Korea}}: Used by [[Korean National Police Agency]]. Also utilised by ROK Forces during the Korean War and Vietnam War.
* {{flag|South Vietnam}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nam-valka.cz/zbrane/sw38.html|title=Smith & Wesson .38 / NAM 64-75|website=www.nam-valka.cz}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Rottman | first = Gordon L. | author-link = Gordon L. Rottman |date=2010 |title=Army of the Republic of Vietnam 1955–75|publisher=Osprey |series=Men at Arms No. 458 |isbn=9781849081818 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Vietnam}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Thailand}}<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|Turkey}} – [[General Directorate of Security (Turkey)|Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü]] (Turkish National Police).<ref name="Schwing2005">{{cite book|last=Schwing|first=Ned|title=Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9xrmt_KlkvcC&pg=PA323|date=5 November 2005|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-0-87349-902-6|page=323}}</ref> Used between 1951 and the mid-1990s.
*{{flag|United Kingdom}} – formerly a police-issue weapon.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>
*{{flag|United States}} – Various Police Forces, and Departments of Corrections. Also used by the US Army.<ref name="SupicaNahas2007"/>

==See also==
* [[Colt Official Police]]
* [[Enfield No. 2]]
* [[M1917 revolver]]
* [[Nagant M1895]]
* [[New Nambu M60]]
* [[Service pistol]]
* [[Webley Revolver]]

==References==
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==External links==
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