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sheepherder · 07-31-2014, 10:46 AM

I'll throw this in here...I read many years ago that German mothers would often buy a son in the military (whether officer or 'other ranks') a small handgun ostensibly for emergency use...

Supposedly, this is where the small caliber, easily concealed handguns that were captured/surrendered came from...

The inference was that a .32 auto may not be terribly effective as a defensive weapon but was rather the mothers expression of love and confidence in the sons' survivability...Kind of a good luck charm, like a US mother might give a St Christophers charm...

My friends father brought back a small CZ model 27 that he took from a captured German soldier...Ugly but interesting...

07-31-2014, 10:46 AM	#13
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I'll throw this in here...I read many years ago that German mothers would often buy a son in the military (whether officer or 'other ranks') a small handgun ostensibly for emergency use... Supposedly, this is where the small caliber, easily concealed handguns that were captured/surrendered came from... The inference was that a .32 auto may not be terribly effective as a defensive weapon but was rather the mothers expression of love and confidence in the sons' survivability...Kind of a good luck charm, like a US mother might give a St Christophers charm... My friends father brought back a small CZ model 27 that he took from a captured German soldier...Ugly but interesting... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...