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The Luger was officially adopted by the Swiss military in 1900, the Imperial German Navy in 1906 and the German Army in 1908. The Luger was the standard service pistol of Switzerland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil, Bolivia, and Bulgaria. It was widely used in other countries as a military service pistol and by police forces. [11]
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.
Luger P08 ; Mauser C96 (PVA, KPA) Nagant M1895; Nambu Type 14; Nambu Type B; ... (PPSh-41 copy) Type 50 submachine gun (PPSh-41 copy) Machine guns. United Nations command
Walther P38 (Replacement for Luger P-08, completely overtook Luger production by 1942. And became the standard-issued pistol of the German army) [ 212 ] [ 213 ] [ 214 ] 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 ...
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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.
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The Buckeyes dominated Tennessee at home in a 42-17 win before blitzing Oregon in the first half of their 41-21 Rose Bowl victory. Ohio State led 31-0 midway through the second quarter in that game.