Add this to breaking the Versailles treaty agreement.
The German Weimar government and military had found ways to clandestinely circumvent the weapons manufacturing rules set by the IMKK. In 1925 secret codes were developed to hide type of weapons and their manufacturers. The secret code consisted of a letter followed by a number. Mauser covert production codes started with S/42 in 1934. The “S” designated small arms such as the P.08. The “42": identified Mauser-Werke A.G. as the disguised illegal producer.
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