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The '''Colt Commander''' is a [[Trigger (firearms)#Single-action|single-action]], [[semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic]], magazine-fed, and recoil-operated [[handgun]] based on the [[John Browning|John M. Browning]] designed–designed [[M1911]]. It was the first mass-produced American pistol with an aluminium alloy frame and the first Colt pistol to be chambered in [[9mm Parabellum]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ayoob |first=Massad |authorlink=Massad Ayoob |title=The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery |year=2007 |publisher=Gun Digest Books |isbn=978-0-89689-525-6 |page=7}}</ref>

Colt made several variations of the Commander and offered it in [[.45 ACP]] and [[.38 Super]] chamberings. Other variants followed with different degrees of factory accurizing and materials.