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Unread 05-27-2006, 04:14 PM   #8
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Default Re: Krieghoff 1945 Production

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Originally posted by Dr. J.
Since hostilities ended in early May 1945, one would think that the Luftwaffe would not have received P08's after late April. Also, who would want to buy new pistols with so many having been turned in my the German forces?
?? Well the Luftwaffe would not have gotten any new guns. However, there were a couple of hundred thousand US soldiers that wanted them. After the war, GI's bought lugers via the PX, from each other and the black market...
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