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Originally Posted by A.Mifsin
John Walter, in The Luger Story Book, The standard History of the World’s Most famous Handgun, in page 167, Mentions the NIL Lugers.
I tried to trace back how these Lugers were classified as Nil lugers, but I am afraid, I can’t find why they are called so.
Any idea why these Lugers were designated so?
Thank You for any Info.
Alf.  |
On page 125 Walters describes the terms. NIL later changed to KNIL.
Landmacht is the word for Army. The K (Royal) was added later.
Thus the NIL Lugers were those delivered by DWM with certain changes as described by Walter. The procurement process dates back to the 1905 tests I believe. The process was very prolonged for a variety of reasons.
Hope this helps.
John