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To begun with, German, Swedish, English and American ammunition where used. Then in 1948 Raufoss started producing 9mm. In large quantity already from the beginning. Between 1948 and 1957 Brendan primers where used. No primers where produced at Raufoss, it seems as all came from Germany.
In 1963 the first Nato ammunition where produced, marked “9mm 1”.
The 1960’s produced 9mm where loaded quite “hot”, so in 1968 “9mm Special” where produced. These where intended for M08 Luger, P35 Browning and P38 Walther and should give aprox 325m/s. Unlike other rounds produced at the time, these had no seal around the primer.
The article does not give an answer to what ammunition was used for ww2 pistols prior to that, my guess is that they used the hot ammunition made to function in the MP-40 and Sten Guns. There where plenty of pistols at the time and probably less focus on safety..
This 1968 production was basically the end of 9mm production at Raufoss, after that Geco ammunition where purchased. Later, in 1982-1989 Swedish “Förende Fabriksverken” ammunition where purchased. But they found it too weak for the Sten Guns still used by some air defense units. (It didn’t punch the breech block all the way back, resulting in full auto fire)
After that.. FFV ammunition labeled “not to be used in P08 Luger, P38 walther and P37 Browning HP” where purchased. But it was just as hot as the 1960 produced ammunition from Raufoss. They kept the label warning about this until 1993 where Lugers, Walthers and Brownings where considered phased out. Yours truly can confirm that that’s pretty accurate.. some guards, medical units and such still used them 1993-1994.
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