LugerForum Discussion Forums - View Single Post

BILL · 01-08-2002, 06:45 PM

I also would like to know..what was the criteria for issuing a German soldier a Luger? WWI and WWII were probably different. I can imagine that the PR that the nazis used had a lot more soldiers standing in formation than the WWI era. I don't know if there is a hard and fast rule as to who got the Lugers but there should be some kind of rule of thumb. It has been said here that officers were required to purchase their own sidearms (and apparently most of them did not care for the Luger when they could have smaller, more up to date pistols). That was the case, I believe, in WWII but I have never read anything about the WWI officers and what they preferred or might have been issued. Anyone know this?

01-08-2002, 06:45 PM	#11
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Taken from a German officer I also would like to know..what was the criteria for issuing a German soldier a Luger? WWI and WWII were probably different. I can imagine that the PR that the nazis used had a lot more soldiers standing in formation than the WWI era. I don't know if there is a hard and fast rule as to who got the Lugers but there should be some kind of rule of thumb. It has been said here that officers were required to purchase their own sidearms (and apparently most of them did not care for the Luger when they could have smaller, more up to date pistols). That was the case, I believe, in WWII but I have never read anything about the WWI officers and what they preferred or might have been issued. Anyone know this?