![]() ![]() 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
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