.45 ACP

11.43×23mm, aka .45 ACP or .45 Automatic Colt Pistol was developed by John Browning at US Army request, after they found terminal performance of .38 Long Colt to be insufficient. While .45 ACP indeed has substantial wounding capability even with non-expanding bullets, its potential is severely limited by slow-moving design, contributing to steep trajectory and poor armor penetration.

* .45 Super is very hot load, providing .45 Auto with 10mm Auto performance, drastically improving external ballistics and barrier penetration. However, most guns can't use it without modifications.

American Ammunition

 * GI FMJ: Historical military-issued 230-grain jacketed lead slug.
 * ABC AP: Armour piercing round by ABC.
 * RBCD PP: Blended metal wonder bullet of dubious actual qualities.
 * RBCD SA: Same as above but "tactical".
 * Black Talon HP: Overhyped hollow-point design with sharp petals and rather unremarkable actual performance.
 * Gold Dot HP: 230-grain hollow-point round by Speer, well respected for its terminal effects.
 * Liberty-78: 78-grain high-velocity load.
 * Liberty LE: 75-grain load designed to counter various soft armor panels, restricted to law enforcement.
 * Inceptor Tactical: Lightweight 120-grain load.
 * Cyclone AP: Tubular armor-piercing load with exceptional wounding abilities. Produces a "tube" of cut out flesh.
 * Lightfield Alpha AP: Steel armour-piercing round from 1980s, with decent barrier-blind performance.
 * National AP: hardened steel armour-piercing ammo produced in 1980s/
 * Seismic JHP: Heavy 325-grain hollow-point for maximum momentum and expansion.
 * Highway Patrol MP: 173-grain round with pointed nose, produced by Peters for law enforcement in need of barrier-penetrating rounds.
 * SIB AP: Penetrator designed specifically to defeat aramid-based armor.
 * Strike-3: Triplex load.
 * XM261: Vietnam-era load for tunnel rat operations. Firing 16 tungsten balls with high spread.
 * XM261A1: Version with 12 larger tungsten balls.

French Ammunition

 * Arcane AP: French conical penetrator designed to counter soft armor panels.
 * THV AP: French hi-velocity reverse ogive penetrator, designed to achieve good penetration, stopping power and accuracy while achieving a marked drop in recoil and in the "danger to surroundings outside the target"; i.e., a short range.

Other

 * Green Flare: Flare round for signaling and illumination. Green.
 * Red Flare: Flare round for signaling and illumination. Red.
 * HD Less-lethal: Rubber bullet with range about 50 feet.
 * HEAT AP: Not an actual HEAT, but high-velocity armor piercing round from Philippines, capable to penetrate 6mm of armor steel.
 * KTW MP: Metal-piercing round designed to defeat barriers such as car doors.
 * Lehigh Defense MPA: Five-projectile multiplex load.
 * SCIMTR: Experimental SLAP steel penetrator.
 * ThunderZap: Plastic round with very high velocity.
 * VBR Paralight: 6mm subcaliber hardened steel penetrator, capable to pierce 170 Kevlar layers or at least 6mm of steel armor.
 * Norman HEIAP: South African-designed 172-grain bullet with thin-walled tungsten-tantalum body, filled with PETN.