The Luger is well known from its use by Germans during World War I and World War II, along with the interwar Weimar Republic and the postwar East German Volkspolizei. In German Army service, it was succeeded and partly replaced by the Walther P38 in caliber 9mm Parabellum. The first Parabellum pistol was adopted by the Swiss army in May 1900. Luger in 1898 and produced by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) starting in 1900 with other manufacturers such as W+F Bern, Krieghoff, Simson, Mauser and Vickers it was an evolution of the 1893 Hugo Borchardt–designed C-93. The Pistole Parabellum 1908 - or Parabellum-Pistole ( Pistol Parabellum) - is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. Luger P08 (Parabellum)ĭeutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, Imperial Arsenals of Erfurt and Spandau, Simson, Krieghoff, Mauser, Vickers Ltd, Waffenfabrik Bernģ50–400 m/s (1148–1312 f/s 9mm, 100 mm barrel)Ĩ-round detachable box magazine, 32-round detachable drum For other meanings of parabellum, see Parabellum (disambiguation). Hogg & J.This article is about the Luger pistol. Military Small Arms of the 20th Century, I.V. The Lange Pistole 08 continued in service after the war remaining in service with the Weimar Republic’s military and later the Nazi Wehrmacht. Both the MP-18 and the Artillery Luger proved popular with German Stormtroops (Sturmbataillone) as they offered high magazine capacity in a compact package. Nearly 1 million snail magazines were made before the end of the war.
The Luger pictured above (see image #1) combines the Trommelmagazin with the Artillery Luger’s wooden shoulder stock. German stormtrooper with an MP18 and Trommelmagazin ( source) Colloquially known as the ‘snail magazine’ they were also used by the MP18.1 submachine gun. The new magazines were manufactured by the German toy manufacturer Gebrude Bing AG of Nuremberg. This 32-round magazine was developed by Friedrich Blum an Austro-Hungarian. Equipped with the stock and Trommel Magazine the Luger Lange Pistole 08 was also issued to the German Sturmtruppen who were very effective in the last year of the war.Ĭ&Rsenal run a LP.08 and a Trommel Magazine through its pacesįollowing complaints about the standard 8-round magazine capacity an improved drum magazine which became known as the Trommelmagazin was developed. They were also well liked by German airmen during the early phases of the war. When combined with its accompanying wooden stock the weapon was intended to act as a personal defence weapon for artillerymen and machine gun crews who could not be encumbered with rifles.
With a 190mm long barrel, almost double the length of the standard issue Luger and a rear tangent sight graduated out to 800m. The production of the long barrelled Lugerswas moved to DWM where between 19 nearly 175,000 pistols were made.įamously the Artillery Luger has a number of additional features when compared to the original P.08 Luger. The Lange Pistole 08 or Artillery Luger was approved for service in June 1913 and went into production in 1913, with an initial order of 75,000 made, only 23,000 had been made by the Small Arms Factory at Erfurt by the outbreak of the First World War. Luger Lange Pistole 08 with Trommel Magazine