 The French Model 1935A handgun was the result of a French requirement for a higher capacity handgun than was commonly available at that time.A competition was held in which John Browning, through the Belgian Browning company, submitted a design that he produced in 1933 just prior to his death.This design was Browning's own simplification of his original 1910 design which had been adopted in a modified form by the United States military and designated the M1910 (subsequently the M1911A1).