It was procured initially by the navy ( Kriegsmarine) soon followed by the Army and police.
It competed with the contemporary German Walther PPK and PP and Sauer 38H for police and military use. The Mauser HSc was originally intended as a commercial pistol. It has a semi-exposed hammer, double-action trigger, single-column magazine, and a spring surrounding the barrel. Production was continued in 1945–1946 during the French occupation and, from 1968 to 1977 by Mauser.
The designation HSc stood for Hahn Selbstspanner ('self-cocking hammer') Pistole, third and final design 'C'. The Mauser HSc is a 7.65mm pistol introduced in Nazi Germany during World War II, and manufactured until 1977.
World War II, First Indochina War, Burundian Civil War Ĩ-round detachable box magazine (.32 ACP)ħ-round detachable box magazine (.380 ACP)
