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Vlim · 06-20-2009, 05:24 AM

Hi,

This is quite an early pebble grain version of the P08 DDR VoPo holster. They also produced a more classic looking P08 holster in the early years, but these appear to have remained largely unissued.

The early DDR years see the reuse of the P08 and P38 on a large scale, so they developed a holster that could accomodate both and wasn't too expensive to produce. A P38-only holster would not have the loading tool pouch and the tool pouch was deleted on later VoPo holsters, although those were also used to carry both the P08 and P38.

In those days they also still used the Sauer Mod. 30 and 38, the Walther PP and PPK and the Mauser and Dreyse pistols. Other favorites were the StG44 and the MG34, alongside the trusty K98 which was mainly issued to border patrols. It wasn't until the 1960s that they rearmed using USSR equipment.

06-20-2009, 05:24 AM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, This is quite an early pebble grain version of the P08 DDR VoPo holster. They also produced a more classic looking P08 holster in the early years, but these appear to have remained largely unissued. The early DDR years see the reuse of the P08 and P38 on a large scale, so they developed a holster that could accomodate both and wasn't too expensive to produce. A P38-only holster would not have the loading tool pouch and the tool pouch was deleted on later VoPo holsters, although those were also used to carry both the P08 and P38. In those days they also still used the Sauer Mod. 30 and 38, the Walther PP and PPK and the Mauser and Dreyse pistols. Other favorites were the StG44 and the MG34, alongside the trusty K98 which was mainly issued to border patrols. It wasn't until the 1960s that they rearmed using USSR equipment.