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German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to Cars, Trucks, Half-Tracks, Motorcycles, Amphibious Vehicles and Others. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. Ltd. ISBN 9780786462520 .
Sidearms. Browning FN M1900; Dreyse M1907; Frommer M1912 Stop; Gasser M1870, M1870/84 and M1873; ... German Empire. Mauser Gewehr 98 rifle and bayonet. Edged weapons.
German Empire - A number of captured M1910 barrels were mated to newly built carriages by Krupp and used by the German Army. Soviet Union - On November 1, 1936, the Red Army had 622 M1909 guns in service, of which 572 were serviceable, 34 were training guns and 1 was unusable. 80 guns took part in the Winter War and 8 were lost.
Pages in category "World War I German infantry weapons" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
With slight modifications, notably the addition of a stock mounting lug and a hold-open latch, the P08 would serve as the German Army's principal sidearm during World War I, augmented by Mauser C96 and Model 1914 pistols. Over 2 million Luger pistols were used by German forces from 1914 to 1918. [45]
The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the nation was unified. This article discusses rifled shoulder arms developed in or for the military of the states that later became ...
During World War I, it was a secondary military pistol used by the Imperial German Army. It was manufactured from 1915 until 1918, where, at that point, about 45,000 were produced. After the Great War, the firm of Waffenfabrik August Menz of Suhl continued to produce the Beholla as the Menta. [1]
As a military sidearm, the pistols saw service in various wars including the Easter Rising and Irish War of Independence, as well as World War I and the Irish Civil War, when the gun was nicknamed "Peter the Painter", after the contemporary Latvian anarchist of the same name (so nicknamed by the Metropolitan Police) who was believed to use this ...