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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 Mauser C96 (Construktion 96) [12] is a semi-automatic pistol that was originally produced by German arms manufacturer Mauser from 1896 to 1937. [13] Unlicensed copies of the gun were also manufactured in Spain and China in the first half of the 20th century.
The P38 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of prototype ("Test") pistols did not begin until late 1939. Walther began manufacture at their plant in Zella-Mehlis and produced three series of "Test" pistols, designated by a "0" prefix to the serial number. The third series pistols solved the problems for the German ...
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 because of production movement to different factories.) [214] [215] [216] Mauser C96 (Rarer than the Luger P-08. Not officially distributed) [214]
Mauser C96: Pistol: Close-quarters, sidearm Short recoil German Empire: Various - Mauser: 7.63×25mm Mauser, 9×19mm Parabellum: 1896 1,100,000+ 1.13 19,000 Mauser C96 were used by the Army in 1942–1945 and the government purchased 7,800 Mauser M1930 variants for the Luftwaffe. Mauser HSc: Pistol: Close-quarters, sidearm Blowback-operated ...
Barnitzke machine gun: n/a 7.92×57mm Mauser: n/a Proposed MG42 replacement using an unusual delayed blowback operation. MG 81: n/a 7.92×57mm Mauser: Luftwaffe: Machine gun used by the Luftwaffe. Kg m/40 Automatic Rifle: Knorr-Bremse: 6.5×55mm Swedish: Waffen-SS: A few thousands of these guns delivered for the Waffen-SS, under the name MG35/36A.
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 ...
Sauer 38H pistols presented to Nazi officials often featured custom engraving, ivory grips, and often gold inlay as well. For example, in September 2004, the Rock Island Auction Company sold a Sauer 38H, serial number 363573, that belonged to Sepp Dietrich for $43,125.00.