Jussi, The "Oberndorf Group" has been attempting to find definative proof of the linage of these KU lugers for many years, without success. IMHO, Mauser shipped their left over PO8 parts some time after 1942, when they ceased PO8 production, to Kreighoff, the last remaining producer of PO8s. KH, was making PO8 solely for the Luffwaffe, so inturn KH had one of their sub-plants or a LW repair depot, assemble these parts for the LW, and so marked them KU (Kreighoff assembled) to distinguish them from their normal production. These lugers probably ended up going to LW manned antiaircraft or other LW ground based units, since most air crews were issued non-German made pistol (CZ27s, FN22s, FEGs, etc) because if they were shot down, their probability of surviving or making back into service, were slim and the Army had priority receiving German made small arms. TH
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