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The Luger is well known for its wide use by Germany during World War I and World War II, along with the interwar Weimar Republic and the postwar East German Volkspolizei. The name Parabellum , which also featured in DWM's telegraphic address, comes from the Latin phrase Si vis pacem, para bellum ; "If you wish for peace, prepare for war."
The 7.65×21mm Parabellum (designated as the 7,65 Parabellum by the C.I.P. [3] and also known as .30 Luger and 7.65mm Luger) is a rimless, bottleneck, centerfire pistol cartridge that was introduced in 1898 by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) for their new Pistol Parabellum.
The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II.
American male lugers (2 C, 68 P) O. Olympic lugers for the United States (86 P)
The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible ...
The 9×19mm Parabellum (also known as 9mm Luger, 9mm NATO or simply 9mm) is a rimless, centerfire, tapered firearms cartridge. Originally designed by Austrian firearm designer Georg Luger in 1901, [ 6 ] it is widely considered the most popular handgun and submachine gun cartridge due to its low cost, adequate stopping power and extensive ...
INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - DECEMBER 18: Chris Mazdzer with Jayson Terdiman of the USA pose for a picture after crossing the finish line of the Men's Doubles race during the FIL Luge World Cup at Olympia ...
Lugers compete against a timer in one of the most precisely timed sports in the world—to one millisecond on artificial tracks. The first recorded use of the term "luge" dates to 1905 and derives from the Savoy / Swiss dialect of the French word luge , meaning "small coasting sled".