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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.
Luger P08 pistol: Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Mauser-Werke: 9×19mm Parabellum: Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Waffen-SS: The Luger P08's production was taken over by Mauser after World War I. [8] [9] Luger M1902 Carbine: Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Mauser-Werke: 9x19mm Parabellum: Wehrmacht Waffen-SS: A few were seen used by the ...
It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible P38 once World War II started took longer than expected, leading to the P08 remaining in production until September 1942 and copies remained in service until the end of the war. [7]
Walther P38 (Replacement for Luger P-08, completely overtook Luger production by 1942. And became the standard-issued pistol of the German army) [ 210 ] [ 211 ] [ 212 ] Luger P-08 (Original standard-issue military pistol, was intended to be replaced by the Walther P-38 as it was cheaper to produce, the P08 however was still produced until 1942 ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Receiver of a Gewehr 98 rifle made by Simson in 1916 Toggle of a Luger P08 pistol made by Simson In World War I , Simson produced Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles for the German Army. In the aftermath of the war and the Treaty of Versailles , the reorganized Reichswehr was allowed to buy new handguns from only one company, so as to limit the ability of ...
Swiss Luger 06/29 [8] Swiss version of the german Luger P08; SIG P210 [9] Swiss copy of the French M1935A, few prototypes were made during WW2, serial production started after the war ~11 (44/16) W+F Bern Pistol M43 Was supposed to replace the Luger 06/29 but in the end the SIG P210 was chosen
Personal weapons consisted of small arms such as the Walther PP which was designed as a civilian police pistol (PP Polizei-Pistole) or the Walther PPK both of which were favoured by officers whereas the Luger P08 and Walther P38 were used by other ranks.