| Luger P08 | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Designer | Georg J. Luger |
| Manufacturer | Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Imperial Arsenals of Erfurt and Spandau Simson Krieghoff, Mauser Vickers Ltd Waffenfabrik Bern |
| Produced In | 1901–1942 |
| Type | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Effective range | 50 m. |
| Magazine | 8-round detachable box |
| Ammunition | 7.65×21mm Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum .45 ACP (rare) |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Germany Italy Japan (captured from Dutch colonies) Finland |
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The Luger P08 is a less common pistol available for the major Axis powers, Germany, Italy and even Japan. It is also used by Finland. The Carbine version or "Artillery Luger" is only used by Germany.
Description
The Pistole Parabellum 1908 is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The design was in 1898.
It was an evolution of the 1893 Hugo Borchardt–designed C-93. The first Parabellum pistol was adopted by the Swiss army in May 1900. In German Army service, it was succeeded and partly replaced by the Walther P38 in caliber 9mm Parabellum.
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. Although the P.08 was introduced in 7.65mm Parabellum, it is notable for being the pistol for which the 9mm Parabellum (also known as the 9mm Luger) cartridge was developed.
Luger pistols were bought by Finland in 1923 to arm their newly established military. The Luger as well as the Ruby pistols bought from Spain and other foreign pistols were most of the inventory. Later a finnish domestic design the Lahti L-35 pistol was introduced which is similar in appearance to the Luger pistol but mechanically different albeit magazine size, caliber and such is wholly identical.
The Luger was adopted by the Dutch East Indies military as the 9mm Parabellum M11 pistol which was issued to all combat branches. Lugers were also used in the Dutch navy.
Artillery Luger P08[]
| Artillery Luger Lange Pistole 08 mit Trommelmagazin | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin | Imperial Germany |
| Type | Semi-automatic Pistol Carbine Personal Defense Weapon |
| Magazine | 32 Rounds 12 Rounds (Only on a few maps) 8 Rounds (Only on a few maps) |
| Ammunition | 9x19mm Parabellum |
| General Ingame Information | |
| Used by | Germany |
| Used in vehicles | War Horse |
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The large magazine makes the Artillery Luger more like a semi-automatic carbine, similar to the M1 Carbine.
First adopted in 1913 by the Imperial German army to be used by artillery crews and later pilots where small arms were cumbersome most of the time and a full length rifle too much. It was later used by the stormtroops in trench raids as it was the most suited weapon at close range until the MP 18 was available.
The identifying features of it that can not be taken off is the longer barrel and adjustable rear sight which is akin to other German carbines and rifles. The stock for it is removable.
Production restarted during the 1920s, guns still left in storage would be issued primarily to artillery and Waffen SS units during the whole conflict.
The artillery version of the Luger is the pistol with the highest magazine capacity in the game of 32 rounds. Since it uses the snail drum magazine that also was fitted on the MP 18 during the first world war. It is used primarily by tank crewmen, but also officers to a lesser extent. For officers it can either replace the MP 40 or the pistol that otherwise would be there. But can sometimes be the only weapon for personal defence.
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