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Browning BDA, early production model, with lanyard ring - 9x19mm

Browning BDA, later production model, distinguishable from earlier model with different decocker design - 9x19mm

The Browning BDA (marketed in Europe as FN HP-DA) is a single/double-action pistol based on the Browning Hi-Power. It was introduced in the early-1980s to compete in the U.S. XM9 pistol trials, though lost out to the Beretta 92F.

Not to be confused with the similarly-named Browning BDA 380, or the more recent Browning BDM

Specifications

(1983 - 1999)

Type: Pistol

Caliber(s): 9x19mm Parabellum

Weight: 2 lb (0.920 kg)

Length: 7.9 in (200 mm)

Barrel length(s): 4.6 in (118 mm)

Capacity: 14-round box magazine

Fire Modes: Semi-Auto

The Browning BDA and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Browning BDA

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Popeye Doyle	Nicholas Kadi	Auram Bardas/ The Weasel	.	1986
Snake Eater		Drug dealer boss		1989
GoldenEye	Sean Bean	Alec Trevelyan	With suppressor	1995
The Lost World	David Nerman	Lord John Roxton		1998
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Gerard Butler	Terry Sheridan		2003
The Brothers Bloom	Rinko Kikuchi	Bang Bang		2008
Tournament, The (2009)	Sebastien Foucan	Anton Bogart	Dual-wielded	2009
Lupin the 3rd	Yayaying Rhatha Phongam	Miss V		2009

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note / Episode	Air Date
Julie Lescaut	Bernd Stegemann	Harry Dewitz	"L'enfant témoin" (S03E06)	1994
Ultimate Force		Tibetan separatists	Deadlier Than the Male	2002 - 2006
Bionic Woman		Serbian gangster	Sisterhood	2007
The Walking Dead	Norman Reedus	Daryl Dixon	Vatos	2010 - present

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Full Metal Panic!	Kurz Weber	Early production	2002
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	Disguised Amalgam agent	Early production	2018
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex	Batou	Fictional M-7 variant	2002
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG	Batou	Fictional M-7 variant	2002

Umarex GPDA (Browning BDA replica)

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Browning GPDA9 - 9mm PAK. This is a Theatrical blank only pistol (made with licensed trademarks by Umarex of Germany), it is NOT a real firearm.

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Nickel Plated Browning GPDA9 - 9mm PAK.

Umarex (of Germany) makes a common blank fire only version of the BDA in several versions, known as the GPDA9 and the GPDA8. The GPDA9 is a theatrical blank firing gun that fires the proprietary 9mm PAK blank ammunition. The GPDA8 fires the 8mm theatrical blank ammunition and is readily available in the U.S. The vast majority of 9mm PAK blank firing pistols are only available in Europe.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Stakeout	Aidan Quinn	Stick	Umarex GPDA9 nickel	1987
Stakeout	Emilio Estevez	Det. Bill Reimers		1987
Living Daylights, The	Actress Unknown	Female CIA agent	Umarex GPDA9 copy	1987
Tiger Cage	Jacky Cheung	Insp. Fong Chun-Yau		1988
The Cat (Die Katze)	Joachim Kemmer	Commissioneer Voss		1988
The Killer	.	Triad henchmen	clear GPDA markings	1989
Brainscan		Posse member	Umarex GPDA9 copy; stands in for SIG-Sauer P226	1994
Rumble in the Bronx	Marc Akerstream	Tony	With nickel finish	1995
Rumble in the Bronx		NYPD detective	With blued finish	1995
Running Scared	Michael Cudlitz	Sal "Gummy Bear" Franzone	Umarex GPDA9 copy	2006
Running Scared	Johnny Messner	Tommy "Tombs" Perello	Umarex GPDA9 copy	2006
Running Scared	Paul Walker	Joey	Umarex GPDA9 copy	2006
Running Scared	Vera Farmiga	Teresa Gazelle	Umarex GPDA9 copy	2006
The Kovak Box	Timothy Hutton	David Norton	Umarex GPDA8 copy	2006
The Apocalypse Code		Riley´s bodyguard		2007
Antikiller D.K.		"Kolgan"'s bodyguard	dual with Kimar 911	2009
Smithereens (Vdrebezgi)	Evgeniya Abramova	Selma		2011
Smithereens (Vdrebezgi)	Kristina Kazurova	Kvalda		2011
The Devil's Double	Dominic Cooper	Uday Hussein	With gold finish	2011
The Devil's Double	Dominic Cooper	Latif Yahia	With stainless finish	2011
The Battery	Alana O'Brien	Annie		2012

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
Covert Affairs	Piper Perabo	Annie Walker	"Vamos" (S4E01)	2013
Whiskey Cavalier		Assailant	"The English Job" (S1E05)	2015
Orphan Black	Tatiana Maslany	Beth Childs	"Transgressive Border Crossing" (S4E02)	2016

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-[[Image:Browning-BDA-9mm.jpg‎|thumb|right|350px|Browning BDA - 9x19mm]]
+[[Image:FNHPDAEarly.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning BDA, early production model, with lanyard ring - 9x19mm]]
-The '''Browning BDA''' (not to be confused with the similarly-named [[Browning BDA 380]], or the more recent [[Browning BDM]]) is a single/double-action pistol based on the [[Browning Hi-Power]]. It was introduced in the early-1980s to compete in the U.S. XM9 pistol trials, though lost out to the [[Beretta 92 pistol series|Beretta 92F]].
+[[Image:Browning-BDA-9mm.jpg‎|thumb|right|350px|Browning BDA, later production model, distinguishable from earlier model with different decocker design - 9x19mm]]
-==Specifications==
+The '''Browning BDA''' (marketed in Europe as '''FN HP-DA''') is a single/double-action pistol based on the [[Browning Hi-Power]]. It was introduced in the early-1980s to compete in the U.S. XM9 pistol trials, though lost out to the [[Beretta 92F]].
-(???? - ????)
+Not to be confused with the similarly-named [[Browning BDA 380]], or the more recent [[Browning BDM]]
+__TOC__
+=Specifications=
+(1983 - 1999)
 * '''Type:''' Pistol
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+{{Gun Title}}
+=Browning BDA=
-'''The Browning BDA or its variants has been seen in the following:'''
+==Film==
-==Browning BDA==
-===Film===
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
 |-
-| [[Killer, The|The Killer]] ||. || Triad henchmen ||. || 1989
+| ''[[Popeye Doyle]]'' ||[[Nicholas Kadi]]||  Auram Bardas/ The Weasel ||.|| 1986
+|-
+| ''[[Snake Eater]]'' ||  || Drug dealer boss ||  || 1989
+|-
+| ''[[GoldenEye]]'' || [[Sean Bean]] || Alec Trevelyan || With suppressor || 1995
 |-
-| [[Popeye Doyle]] ||[[Nicholas Kadi]]||  Auram Bardas/ The Weasel ||.|| 1986
+|''[[Lost World, The (1998)|The Lost World]]'' ||[[David Nerman]]||Lord John Roxton|| || 1998
 |-
-| [[Snake Eater]] ||  || Drug dealer boss ||  || 1989
+| ''[[Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]]'' || [[Gerard Butler]] || Terry Sheridan||  || 2003
 |-
-| [[GoldenEye]] || [[Sean Bean]] || Alec Trevelyan || With suppressor || 1995
+| ''[[Brothers Bloom, The|The Brothers Bloom]]'' || [[Rinko Kikuchi]] || Bang Bang ||  || 2008
 |-
-| [[Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life]] || [[Gerard Butler]] || Terry Sheridan||  || 2003
+| ''[[Tournament, The (2009)]]'' || [[Sebastien Foucan]] || Anton Bogart|| Dual-wielded || 2009
 |-
-| [[Brothers Bloom, The|The Brothers Bloom]] || [[Rinko Kikuchi]] || Bang Bang ||  || 2008
+| ''[[Lupin the 3rd]]'' || [[Yayaying Rhatha Phongam]] || Miss V ||  || 2009
 |-
-| [[Tournament, The (2009)]] || [[Sebastien Foucan]] || Anton Bogart|| Dual-wielded || 2009
 |}
-===Television===
+==Television==
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 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note / Episode'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Air Date'''
+|-
+| ''[[Julie Lescaut]]''|| [[Bernd Stegemann]] || Harry Dewitz || "L'enfant témoin" (S03E06) || 1994
 |-
 | ''[[Ultimate Force]]''|| || Tibetan separatists || Deadlier Than the Male  || 2002 - 2006
@@ Line 65: / Line 72: @@
 |-
 | ''[[The Walking Dead]]'' || [[Norman Reedus]] || Daryl Dixon ||   Vatos|| 2010 - present
+|-
 |}
-===Anime===
+==Anime==
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-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Title'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="270"|'''Title'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
-!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
+!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Note'''
 !align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
+|-
+|[[Full Metal Panic!]] || Kurz Weber || Early production || 2002
+|-
+|[[ Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory]] || Disguised Amalgam agent || Early production || 2018
 |-
 |[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex]] || Batou || Fictional M-7 variant || 2002
@@ Line 79: / Line 91: @@
 |[[Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig|Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG]] || Batou || Fictional M-7 variant || 2002
 |}
-==Umarex GPDA (Browning BDA replica)==
+=Umarex GPDA (Browning BDA replica)=
 [[File:BrowningGPDA9.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Browning GPDA9 - 9mm PAK.  This is a Theatrical blank only pistol (made with licensed trademarks by Umarex of Germany), it is NOT a real firearm.]]
 [[Image:GPDA9.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Nickel Plated Browning GPDA9 - 9mm PAK.]]
 '''''Umarex''''' (of Germany) makes a common blank fire only version of the BDA in several versions, known as the GPDA9 and the GPDA8.  The GPDA9 is a theatrical blank firing gun that fires the proprietary 9mm PAK blank ammunition.  The GPDA8 fires the 8mm theatrical blank ammunition and is readily available in the U.S.  The vast majority of 9mm PAK blank firing pistols are only available in Europe.
-===Film===
+==Film==
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 |-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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 |-
 | ''[[Stakeout]]'' ||[[Emilio Estevez]]  ||Det. Bill Reimers || || 1987
+|-
+| ''[[Living Daylights, The]]'' || Actress Unknown || Female CIA agent || Umarex GPDA9 copy || 1987
+|-
+| ''[[Tiger Cage]]'' ||[[Jacky Cheung]]  ||Insp. Fong Chun-Yau|| || 1988
+|-
+| ''[[The Cat (Die Katze)]]'' || [[Joachim Kemmer]] || Commissioneer Voss || || 1988
+|-
+| ''[[Killer, The|The Killer]]'' ||. || Triad henchmen || clear GPDA markings || 1989
 |-
 | ''[[Brainscan]]'' ||  || Posse member || Umarex GPDA9 copy; stands in for [[SIG-Sauer P226]] || 1994
 |-
-|rowspan="2"|[[Rumble in the Bronx]]|| [[Marc Akerstream]] ||Tony||With nickel finish||rowspan="2"| 1995
+|rowspan="2"| ''[[Rumble in the Bronx]]''|| [[Marc Akerstream]] ||Tony||With nickel finish||rowspan="2"| 1995
 |-
 | || NYPD detective || With blued finish
 |-
 | ''[[Running Scared (2006)|Running Scared]]'' || [[Michael Cudlitz]] || Sal "Gummy Bear" Franzone|| Umarex GPDA9 copy || 2006
+|-
+| ''[[Running Scared (2006)|Running Scared]]'' || [[Johnny Messner]] || Tommy "Tombs" Perello|| Umarex GPDA9 copy || 2006
 |-
 | ''[[Running Scared (2006)|Running Scared]]'' || [[Paul Walker]] || Joey||  Umarex GPDA9 copy || 2006
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 |-
 | ''[[Apocalypse Code, The|The Apocalypse Code]]'' ||  || Riley´s bodyguard ||  || 2007
+|-
+| ''[[Antikiller D.K.]]'' || || "Kolgan"'s bodyguard || dual with [[Kimar 911]] || 2009
+|-
+| rowspan=2 | ''[[Smithereens (Vdrebezgi)]]'' || Evgeniya Abramova || Selma || rowspan=2 | || rowspan=2 | 2011
+|-
+| Kristina Kazurova || Kvalda
 |-
 | ''[[Devil's Double, The|The Devil's Double]]'' || [[Dominic Cooper]] || Uday Hussein || With gold finish || 2011
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 |}
-===Television===
+==Television==
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 |-
 | ''[[Covert Affairs - Season 4|Covert Affairs]]'' || [[Piper Perabo]] || Annie Walker || "Vamos" (S4E01) || 2013
+|-
+| ''[[Whiskey Cavalier]]'' ||   || Assailant || "The English Job" (S1E05) || 2015
+|-
+| ''[[Orphan Black]]'' || [[Tatiana Maslany]] || Beth Childs || "Transgressive Border Crossing" (S4E02) || 2016
 |-
 |}
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 =See Also=
 * [[Browning Arms Company]] - A list of all firearms manufactured by Browning.
 [[Category:Gun]]
 [[Category:Pistol]]

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