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Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken Aktiengesellschaft (German Weapons and Munitions public limited company), known as DWM, was an arms company in Imperial Germany created in 1896 when Ludwig Loewe & Company united its weapons and ammunition production facilities within one company.
It was meant to be an improvement of the Borchardt C-93 pistol, and was initially produced as the Parabellum Automatic Pistol, Borchardt-Luger System by the German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM). [1] The first production model was known as the Modell 1900 Parabellum. [1]
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.
1917: front units M.95 bayonet: 24.5 cm: ... Borchhardt-Luger: Luger P08: DWM, Mauser: 8 9×19mm Parabellum ... At the moment of the German attack on 10 May 1940 the ...
10,450 Astra 600s had been delivered to Germany until German occupation of France ceased. [4] The remainder of the German order, consisting of 28,000 pistols, was intercepted by Allied forces in September 1944. [1] [3] Astra 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: 1,050 delivered in March 1943. [1] Browning Hi-Power: Fabrique ...
DWM MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09; DWM Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17; Gast M1917; Madsen M1902; Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18 [7] Grenades. M1913 Karabingranate [3] M1914 Karabingranate [3] M1917 Karabingranate [3] M1913 Kugelhandgranate; M1915 Kugelhandgranate NA; M1915 Diskushandgranate [3] (Offensive version ...
The Army rejected the pistol, but from criticism he received, Luger improved it, creating the Parabellum pistol (commonly called a Luger), and patenting it in 1898. This pistol was a success for both Luger and DWM. Luger's contract with DWM was cancelled in 1919 and he successfully sued them over patent royalties. However, Luger had lost all ...
Luger model P08 (1908) chambered in 9mm Parabellum. The main clause of the adage was used as a motto by German arms maker Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), and is the source of the term Parabellum as applied to firearms and ammunition (especially the 7.65mm Parabellum and the 9mm Parabellum cartridges). "Parabellum" was the ...