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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.
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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...
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By the way, there is no umlaut in Luger.
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Ludlum put it in; so did I. When I make a quote, I make it accurate, even down to the mistakes.
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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...
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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!
