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Luger toggle-lock action Cutaway drawing of the Luger pistol from Georg Luger's 1908 9mm patent. Toggle-lock action with the knee joint bent upwards. The Luger has a toggle-lock action that uses a jointed arm to lock, as opposed to the slide actions of many other semi-automatic pistols, such as the M1911. After a round is fired, the barrel and ...
A bolt action rifle with a 5 round internal magazine. - Erma/Walther Volkssturmgewehr: Erma-Werke Carl Walther GmbH: 7.92x33mm Kurz: Volkssturm: A last-ditch semi-automatic carbine with a 10 or 30 round detachable box magazine. - VK-98: Gustloff-Werke 7.92x57mm Mauser: Volkssturm: A bolt action rifle with a 10 round internal magazine. - Gewehr ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
The Swiss Army evaluated the Luger pistol using a detachable box magazine in 7.65×21mm Parabellum and adopted it in 1900 as its standard sidearm. The Luger pistol was accepted by the Imperial German Navy in 1904. This version is known as Pistole 04 (or P.04). In 1908 the German Army adopted the Luger to replace the Reichsrevolver in front-line ...
It's my understanding that the article is named "Luger pistol" because the "P08" designation is a specific German military name and it is also know under the Swiss "P00" (adopted in 1900) designation among others.--Sus scrofa 13:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC) The Luger was named P08 (Pistole 08) in the german army and P06 in the swiss army.
A drum magazine is a type of high-capacity magazine for firearms. [1] Cylindrical in shape (similar to a drum), drum magazines store rounds in a spiral around the center of the magazine, facing the direction of the barrel. Drum magazines are contrasted with more common box-type magazines, which have a lower capacity and store rounds flat. [1]