On a Russian site is a brief reference to a parabellum pistol being used by an officer to threaten a subordinate in the year 1939, before the commencement of hostilities between Russia and Germany.The address of this site is;http://history.vif2.ru/at war/index.html.Dont know how to list this address so that you can just click on to it,but it is well worth a visit,especially for anyone interested in armor,loads of infom,naturally from the
Russian view point.Click onto the narrative by veteran Danil Zlatkin for the parabellum mention.
Soldiers at War