Luger Era Dates ?
 

Could someone indicate start/end dates of the three Luger "eras" , that is Imperial, Weimar, and Reich ?


Also is there a 4th. Luger era (post-WWII) ?


Pete, the un-educated...

Re: Luger Era Dates ?
 

1898-1900 Prototyping and very limited production

1900-1904 Swiss Adoption, Commercial Sales and Military Testing

1904 First Adoption by German Imperial Navy

1908 Adoption by Imperial German Army

1913 Stock Lug added to frame

1914 LP-08 (So called "Artillery" model adopted)

1914-1918 World War I

1918-1933 "Weimar" Era

1933-1942 Mauser III Reich Military/Police Production

1935-1936 Kreighoff makes parts for 15,000 pistols; assembly happens sporatically through 1947

1970 Post war production begins at Mauser; continues intermittently


This is pretty much from memory, so I may have missed a date or omitted a milestone.

Hope this helps

Tom

Re: Luger Era Dates ?
 

The generally accepted eras are the Imperial Era (1898 - 1918), the Wiemar Era (1918 - 1933), the Third Reich Era (1933 - 1945) and if anything beyond that is to be considered an Era then Post War would be (1945 - 1970s)


HTH - Dok