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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.
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.
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 ...
Parabellum pistol (Pistole 1920, 06/29) MG 11 - machine gun. Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 - double barrel aircraft submachine gun. K31 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for 7.5×55mm Swiss. Bern Pistole 43 - Semi-automatic pistol intended to replace the Luger 06/29 but ended up being discontinued because of the SIG P210; Sturmgewehr 52 ...
It was worked on by Georg Luger and Hugo Borchardt. DWM manufactured the Maschinengewehr 01 and Maschinengewehr 08, licensed version/clone of the Maxim machine gun. The MG08 would be the main German machine gun of the First World War, alongside the somewhat different, air cooled Parabellum MG 14/17 for aviation use. Along with being one of the ...
Georg Luger was born in Steinach am Brenner, Tyrol to Dr. Bartholomaeus von Luger, a surgeon. After Georg's birth, his family moved to Italy, where Dr. Luger taught at the University of Padua . Georg grew up with Italian as his second mother tongue and finished Grundschule ( primary school ) and Gymnasium ( university-preparatory school ) in ...
A wealthy California businesswoman was gunned down in front of a restaurant in broad daylight in what initially seemed like an armed robbery. Now, authorities claim the brazen Jan. 10 shooting of ...
The Sturmpistole ("assault-pistol") was an attempt by Germany during World War II to create a multi-purpose weapon which could be used by any infantryman.It consisted of a modified flare gun (Leuchtpistole) which could fire a variety of grenades, including a 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) shaped charge Panzerwurfkörper 42 which could penetrate 80 mm (3.1 in) of rolled homogeneous armor.