The ultimate guide to handguns produced in Germany. Includes an introduction, and full data on models, including service records, particular strengths, weaknesses, peculiarities.

The distinctive look of the Luger and its role in German military history make it the world’s most famous handgun. In Luger, renowned gun expert John Walter traces the history of this semiautomatic pistol from an early design by Hugo Borchardt in the 1890s through its use in the trenches of the First World War to the final days of the Third Reich in WWII. Other books on the Parabellum-Pistole, as the Luger was also known, focus strictly on narrow subjects like manufacturing details or accessories. While still offering the technical details to satisfy the collector, Walter provides a comprehensive narrative history. Readers will learn of the initial collaboration between Borchardt and Georg J. Luger, who patented the design in 1898. Following initial adoption by the Swiss Army, design refinements convinced the Imperial German Navy to order the sidearm, while the US Army passed on it following field trials in favor of the Colt. Production ramped up for World War I and the gun became a prized trophy for Allied soldiers in both that conflict and World War II. (German soldiers, aware of their desirability, even used them as bait for booby traps.) Today, it is still desired by collectors both for its unique design and for its connection to the history of Nazi Germany, and Luger: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Handgun tells how it came to be.

Volume 2: "This volume centers on the evolution of the pistol from 1914 and the subsequent innovations and refinements built on the revolutionary developments of the nineteenth century leading directly into our times."--Introduction.

Tyske pistoler og revolvere fra tiden umiddelbart efter den fransk-tyske krig, hvor Tysklands våbenfabrikation fik et kolosalt fremstød.

As readers of our publication “The German Police” will know, the SS and Himmler had much influence on the organisation and equipment of the Police in the Third Reich. This pamphlet, issued by Himmler's office, by order of Kurt Daluege, Chief of the Security Police (at the Central Office of the SD). The pamphlet is of importance to all interested in the German Police, and to those concentrating on weapons, for it has details of Sauer and Sohn, Walther, Mauser and Dreyse 7.65 mm pistols. Each weapon is covered in detail with cutaway drawings, parts lists, and instructions for handling and firing.