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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.
This cartridge was based on the 7.65mm Borchardt of 1893, the most successful semi-automatic pistol cartridge in production at the time, due to its use in the Borchardt C-93 pistol. The 7.63mm Mauser is sometimes confused with the later 7.65mm Parabellum (.30 Parabellum), also a bottlenecked pistol cartridge used in the Luger Parabellum. It has ...
The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, [10] is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949. The design was first patented by Georg Luger.
One also notes the production of parts in the following calibers: 7.63 Mauser, 7.65mm Parabellum/.30 Luger as well as 9mm Parabellum. Production of M 400, model 1921/Spanish: Second Spanish Republic, approximately 35,000 units; Guardia Civil, approximately 10,300 units; Customs agents, approximately 1,400 units; Guardia de Asalto, 227 units
9mm Parabellum.40 S&W 9×21mm.38 Special: 6 Italy: 2010-present Collier flintlock revolver: John Evans & Son of London 5-7 United States United Kingdom: 1814 [citation needed] Colombo-Ricci revolver: 10.35mm Ordinanza Italiana 6 Kingdom of Italy: c.1910-? [2] Colt 1851 Navy Revolver: Colt's Manufacturing Company.36 caliber ball.38 rimfire.38 ...
Samuel Cummings, (February 7, 1927 – April 29, 1998) was an American small arms dealer. He founded the International Armament Corporation (also known as Interarms or Interarmco) in 1953, a company which came to dominate the free world market in private arms sales. [1]
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With its long barrel and high-velocity cartridge, the Mauser C96 had superior range and better penetration than most other pistols of its era; the 7.63×25mm Mauser cartridge was the highest-velocity commercially manufactured pistol cartridge until the advent of the .357 Magnum cartridge in 1935.