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Unread 03-28-2018, 11:28 AM   #4
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Just to further confuse the issue, the letter P denotes official German military acceptance and the number denotes the year of that acceptance. Navy Lugers were accepted in 1904 hence P04, Army Lugers in 1908 hence P08, and the Walther replacement in 1938, hence P38. There never was a P06.
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