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{{Infobox Weapon
|is_ranged=yes
|     image=[[Image:Lahti L-35-1.jpg|300px]]
|      name=Lahti L-35
|      type=Semi-automatic pistol
|    origin={{flagcountry|Finland}}
|       era=World War II
|      designer=[[Aimo Lahti]]
|      design_date=1935
| prod_design_date=1935-1952
| serv_design_date=1935-1980
| used_by=[[Finland]], [[Sweden]]
|      wars=[[World War II]]</br> [[Winter War]]</br> [[Continuation War]]
| spec_type=Pistol
|   caliber=
|    part_length=107 mm
|      cartridge=[[9x19mm Parabellum]]
|       feed=8-round detachable box magazine
|    action=
|       rate=
|velocity=1,100 ft/s (335.3 m/s)
|    weight=1.2 kg 
|    length=245 mm
|   variants=
| number= 9000 L-35 + 100 000 Pistol m/40
| range=
}}

'''Lahti L-35''' is a [[semi-automatic pistol]] designed by [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Aimo Lahti]] that was produced between 1935 and 1952. About 9000 pistols were made in four production series.

The weapon had a bolt accelerator to improve reliability in cold conditions or when fouled. This kind of system was rare for pistols. It also resembled the [[Germany|German]] [[Luger P08 pistol]].

The Finnish army used the L-35 in the [[Winter War]] and the [[Continuation War]], and it was the official [[service pistol]] until the 1980s when it was replaced by the [[Browning BDA|FN HP-DA]] pistol. (9.00 PIST 80 / 9.00 PIST 80-91)

== Pistol m/40 ==
A simplified and somewhat less reliable version of the L-35 was built in Sweden under license and was adopted for service by the [[Swedish Armed Forces]] in 1940. The official Swedish military designation for this pistol was '''Pistol m/40''' but it is also known as the Husqvarna m/40 after the manufacturer, [[Husqvarna]] who produced almost 100 000 of them between 1940 and 1946.

Due to poor quality steel used in manufacturing and the use of SMG 9 mm cartridge adapted in the 1960s (m/39B), the [[bolt (firearm)|bolts]] of Pistol m/40s started to crack in the 1980s. As a temporary replacement the retired [[FN Model 1903]] (Pistol m/07) pistols were brought back into service until the switch to the new Glock pistols was complete. The switch was done during the 1990s when the [[Glock 17]] (Pistol 88) was adopted by the [[Swedish Army]], and the [[Glock 19]] (Pistol 88B) by the [[Swedish Air Force]].

[[Image:Husqvarna M40 9mm Laht.jpg|thumb|left|Husqvarna m/40.]]

== Bibliography ==
* ''The Lahti Pistol Explained'' downloadable ebook by Gerard Henrotin (HLebooks - 2006)

== External links ==
*[http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/PISTOLS1.htm Jaeger Platoon: Finnish army 1918-1945 revolvers & pistols part 1] 
*[http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg96-e.htm Lahti L-35 and Husqvarna M/40] - Modern Firearms & Ammunition
*[http://www.saunalahti.fi/~ejuhola/7.62/lahti9mm.html Lahti L-35 pistol] - The Finnish Weapons Series

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