tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6467399943271140351..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Weapons of War: The Luger Parabellum P-08 Pistolsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-16388226226031696702016-04-30T18:52:58.960-07:002016-04-30T18:52:58.960-07:00Just following up a tad, the German Navy accepted ...Just following up a tad, the German Navy accepted the Luger in 1904, prior to the Army, which accepted it in 1908. Hence the Army version's designation "P08".<br /><br />The pistol wasn't single action, but rather it was a double action with an internal hammer. On the .45 ACP Lugers, the number was extraordinary small, perhaps as few as three, and were made in the hopes of Pat, Marcus & Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-49552670946791043092016-04-29T09:53:48.182-07:002016-04-29T09:53:48.182-07:00I don't think the 7.63 verso (.30 Luger) saw G...I don't think the 7.63 verso (.30 Luger) saw German use, fwiw. Only the 9mm Parabellum. I'm not sure that I'd agree about the C96 being a better pistol either, although otherwise I certainly agree with your comments.<br /><br />The Luger designs, as fussy as they were, did see some non German use. The Swiss actually adopted the pistol prior to the Germans. And the Portuguese used Pat, Marcus & Alexishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13097254988446524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82376194621394344392014-06-01T21:31:24.473-07:002014-06-01T21:31:24.473-07:00The German military use a bewildering array of pis...The German military use a bewildering array of pistols in WW2, the most prolific being the Walther P38 ( 480,000 being supplied by 1945 according to Ian Hogg). <br /><br />Others included the Belgian Browning Hi-power ( 319,000 being produced during the occupation ), Polish Radon, Austrian Steyr 1912 and various Spanish Star and Astra models, principally the Astra 300 0f which 85,390 were Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12106613030819295368noreply@blogger.com