Luger pistol
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The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole, commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949.
Wehrmacht P08 ordnance model (Collection Paul Regnier, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Cutaway drawing of the Luger pistol from Georg Luger's 1908 9mm patent.
Toggle-lock action with the knee joint bent upwards
Luger Model 1900 pistol carbine
Walther P38
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The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. 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.
Spreewerk manufactured Walther P38
P38 cut-away model
1943 Mauser P.38 barrel showing locking block design
P38 made by Mauser, coded "byf 44" with matching presstoff and leather holster