Hi all. I'm hoping to pick a few brains about the practical history of the P-08. Do you think there were many cases of captured P-08/P-38's being used as a sidearm in combat by American troops (as opposed to being kept strictly for trophies)? Were there regulations against it? Was ammo too difficult to find to make it feasible, or was the M1911 just too good of a weapon for our boys to want to fight with a German pistol? Also, were captured M1911's used in combat by German troops? Also, if anyone has some photos of Germans with M1911's or Americans using P-08's, I love to see them and hear your thoughts! Thanks...
P.S. The photo below is from the National Archives. It shows a young Japanese soldier in a Wermacht uniform. I wonder if he used an Arisaka or K-98, Nambu or Luger! I'll bet there's quite a story behind this photo.
http://boards.rennlist.com/upload/JapaneseNazi.gif