controlled bursts, and as reported by many users the shortest burst one could achieve was five-rounds. Users : Special Egyptian Contract guns marked with National crest. Later licensed by Maadi and produced as the Helwan. : Manufactured under license as the Tariq by Al-Qādisiyyah Establishments from 1981 onwards. Production stopped in 2003 and resumed from 2009 onwards. The internal design appears identical to the original pistols, and the primary external differences are the Arabic stamping on the slide and the warrior emblem (the medieval Arab-Berber warrior Tariq ibn Ziyad—who invaded Iberia in 711 A.D.) on the grip. Gold-plated guns were produced for presentation and some pistols have special inscriptions. The Tariq pistol is currently in service with the Iraqi Police and the Kurdish Asayish and Zeravani, and was in service as the standard pistol of the Iraqi Armed Forces and the Republican Guard; pistols issued to Saddam Hussein's Private Police have a special marking on the frame. Iraq produces them locally : Used captured Iraqi "Tariq" pistols known only as "Beretta" in duty service. : People's Movement for the Liberation of Azawad : In 1954 the Beretta M1951 was selected as the standard sidearm of the Metropolitan Police's Special Branch and Royalty Protective Officers Non-state actors Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: Captured from ISIL. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Notes External links Beretta 951 on ModernFirearms.net M1951 Military equipment introduced in the 1950s