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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker
Lots of enlisted and NCO's carried lugers and p38s
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A bit off-topic, not related to 'carry' pistols...but...
I recall reading somewhere that it was traditional for a German mother to give her son a small handgun when he went off to war...As a 'last resort' defense...Carried concealed...
I'm pretty sure in was in the NRA Firearms Assembly Handbook, one of those little tidbits thrown in with the history & disassembly instructions...I don't recall which handgun it was in, but it did mention that was one reason why there were so many different pocket automatic manufacturers...