"L�¼ger Sternlicht"???

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

The gun described by Mr. Ludlum is a product of his "literary license", it makes a good story but has no basis in fact.

I was skeptical as well...but I thought maybe he referred to an artiller Luger...the tangent sight may have gotten mixed up (in Ludlums mind) with the scoped sight...

By the way, there is no umlaut in Luger.

Ludlum put it in; so did I. When I make a quote, I make it accurate, even down to the mistakes.

A telescopic sight would be called a "Fernrohr". A Sternlicht to me would indicate a "starlight scope" and I rather doubt such technology was available in WWII...

Light-amplifying, probably not...but the Vampir infra-red night vision sight was developed by the Germans during WWII, and this plus the scope-like sight may have been what Ludlum was envisioning...Although I believe that Rick W. wrote in a thread that a member here had mounted an Aimpoint on an artillery Luger...That might be considered a "sternlicht" Luger...

Literary license is great!