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The Wizard · 06-17-2011, 11:02 AM

I would classify the P.08 as an ALTERNATE issue item post 1938. Remember the P.38 was not adopted until 1938. Pistols were issue on the bases of what the depot had on hand. If an infantry unit needed pistols and the depot had P.08's they issued P.08's to the infantry unit. Small arms procurement in the Third Riech was a mess. There was no "united" procurement plan. Think Krieghoff and the Luftwaffe and the SS had to make do at first with army hand-me-downs and captured weapons (FN High Powers).

06-17-2011, 11:02 AM	#2
The Wizard User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Posts: 67 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I would classify the P.08 as an ALTERNATE issue item post 1938. Remember the P.38 was not adopted until 1938. Pistols were issue on the bases of what the depot had on hand. If an infantry unit needed pistols and the depot had P.08's they issued P.08's to the infantry unit. Small arms procurement in the Third Riech was a mess. There was no "united" procurement plan. Think Krieghoff and the Luftwaffe and the SS had to make do at first with army hand-me-downs and captured weapons (FN High Powers). __________________ The Wizard Air Dropable AND Ground Recoverable Necat omnes! Deus suos agnoscet. The application of the proper amount of high explosives can solve any problem. War is an act of force and to the application of that force there is no limit! So say the philosophers (Carl von Clausewitz b 1780 d 1831) of war.