VOPO Lugers...what IS the real story?

Orv Reichert · 04-26-2002, 11:55 AM

About the time we got involved in Korea, the Russians set up an army in the DDR. They called it a PEOPLES POLICE which is what Vo Po stands for. [Like us, they did not want to call it an Army!]

We know that they were reworking guns during the 1953 period as they dated many of the barrels they used for replacements.

Holsters were made up to accommodate the T-33-P38-P08 and all three were issued, I am told.

Like the American rework programs for the 1911.. these are legitimate guns. They will never, however, bring as much money as one that was not reworked.

Orv Reichert

04-26-2002, 11:55 AM	#2
Orv Reichert RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SW Washington State Posts: 339 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	VOPO guns About the time we got involved in Korea, the Russians set up an army in the DDR. They called it a PEOPLES POLICE which is what Vo Po stands for. [Like us, they did not want to call it an Army!] We know that they were reworking guns during the 1953 period as they dated many of the barrels they used for replacements. Holsters were made up to accommodate the T-33-P38-P08 and all three were issued, I am told. Like the American rework programs for the 1911.. these are legitimate guns. They will never, however, bring as much money as one that was not reworked. Orv Reichert