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Vlim · 10-11-2002, 06:29 AM

Hi,

The police luger history is certainly an interesting one, and quite difficult to reproduce, I think. Germany fell apart after 1945 into several sections commanded by the british/US, the french, russia... I think most lugers ended up on the wrong side of the German border, being used by the east german police force. They mainly recycled anything they could get their hands on. If I remember correctly, the French had control over the mauser factory for a while, in the 1946 - 1948 period, having them producing lugers (amongst others) for use in the french army. That batch was sold to the austrian police after a couple of years (I think John Walter mentioned it in one of his 'Luger' books).

Another interesting bit of post WWII luger usage was depicted in a documentary about British police actions in Germany directly after WWII. Because it was impossible to lock up and condemn most 'small time' german war criminals, they set up a special squad to deal with this group. The british squad tended to use german guns (lugers and walthers) to track down and execute these war criminals...

10-11-2002, 06:29 AM	#16
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi, The police luger history is certainly an interesting one, and quite difficult to reproduce, I think. Germany fell apart after 1945 into several sections commanded by the british/US, the french, russia... I think most lugers ended up on the wrong side of the German border, being used by the east german police force. They mainly recycled anything they could get their hands on. If I remember correctly, the French had control over the mauser factory for a while, in the 1946 - 1948 period, having them producing lugers (amongst others) for use in the french army. That batch was sold to the austrian police after a couple of years (I think John Walter mentioned it in one of his 'Luger' books). Another interesting bit of post WWII luger usage was depicted in a documentary about British police actions in Germany directly after WWII. Because it was impossible to lock up and condemn most 'small time' german war criminals, they set up a special squad to deal with this group. The british squad tended to use german guns (lugers and walthers) to track down and execute these war criminals...