[Edward Tinker]

THIS IS WHAT WE HAD IN SIMSON LUGERS

Production figures for all New Manufactured Lugers

(Military as well as commercial; but not including reworks)

Ø DWM- approx. 818,000 (Jan Still-- 743,000 military; 74,955 commercial)
Ø Erfurt- approx. 519,000 (Jan Still-- no commercial made; just P.08's and LP.08's)
Ø Simson- approx. 11,900 (Authors-- all military and police; no commercial made)
Ø Krieghoff- approx. 13,825 (Randall Gibson-- 12,200 Luftwaffe; 1,625 commercial)
Ø Mauser- approx. 943,500 (Jan Still- 900,000 military; 43,000 Commercial Banner)
Ø Swiss- 47,701 (Datig- from 1918 to 1947; 45,784 military and 1,917 commercial)
Additionally the following are sometimes (incorrectly) listed as manufacturers:
Ø Spandau Armory- There are about a dozen guns known; some apparently genuine, but not made from scratch at Spandau, as there was no tooling or inspection gauges there. Purpose of manufacture is unknown at this time and those examples of known guns are dated 1917 or 1918.
Ø Vickers- 6,000 guns assembled from parts made by DWM with the parts shipped to Vickers in England for the Dutch East Indies; in the years 1919 – 1922, (additional guns were made for the Dutch, but were not “Vickers” marked on the toggle). There were also about 35 guns assembled from surplus parts for promotional purposes.



Additional information on Swiss manufacturing:
Not in order of production, as they first bought the Luger, then made their own.
Ø DWM-made Lugers for the Swiss:
o M1900 - Military Issue - 5,000 Lugers
o M1900 - "A" suffix - ~ 100 Lugers
Ø M1906 Cross/Sunburst - Military Issue - 4,049 Lugers
o M1906 Cross/Shield - Military Issue - 6,164 Lugers
Ø Mauser-made Lugers for the Swiss:
o M1906 - Commercial Issue (with v suffix) - ~ approximately 100 Lugers
Ø Bern made Swiss Lugers:
o M1906 W+F ('24 Bern) - 17,873 Lugers
o M1929 W+F Bern - Military Issue - 27,940 Lugers
o M1929 W+F Bern - Commercial Issue - 1,917 Lugers