Small numbers of Lugers were also used in the Pacific by Australian forces, believe it or not.
Some were privately acquired either from an older relative who had served in the First World War, or earlier in the War in North Africa.
An uncle of mine had a Luger under these circumstances, he had acquired it at Tobruk and usually remarked that he had got it when it's previous owner didn't need it anymore.
In some cases, these Lugers had been in private ownership following the First World War and had been "handed in" at the outbreak of the Second.
Prior to our Prime Minister's most recent jihad on privately owned firearms, I was the proud owner of a 1917 DWM Arty with Australian Army property markings.
An old soldier once told me that Lugers were highly prized among units such as "Z Special" and the Independent Companies as the took the same ammunition as the Owen gun.
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