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The long pistol 08 history ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before exactly 90 years, to 03.06.1913, emperor Wilhelm II ordered. "on me lecture held approve I to me vorlegegte samples of a selbstladepistole with shoulder piece under the designation" long pistol 08 ". In addition of my Ordre from 22 August 1908 I determine that the field artillery and the fliers are armed in accordance with condition of the available means with the long pistol 08. In addition it can find in the equipment of the fortresses admission. The war Ministry has the further to arrange Berlin, 3 June 1913. William " The Kanoniere of the field artillery was armed 1907 with the gun 83. In troop tests should be clarified, which kind of weapon should replace the gun in the future. Since the weapon was meant anyway only for self-defense and for the defense of surprising attacks, one believed, on the line (although short) of a rifle verichten to be able, lehte therefore the rifle 91 and the carbine 98 as too long and during the cannon operation hinderlich off and demanded against it the armament with the pistol 08, but with a longer run and a setable shoulder piece. End of 1911 in the rifle test commission to Spandau Ruhleben attempts with pistols 08 with extended run and notice shank were therefore taken up, which were locked up to the summer of the yearly 1913. In particular the construction of the visor required much time. Together of George the Luger and the rifle test commission developed resembles technically the pistol 08, has however 20 cm a long run and one to 800m handing adjustable Visierung on the run. To the weapon belonged a notice board, which should make the use for the long pistol possible 08 as carbine replacement. On the notice board the pistol bag was fastened. The other equipment is as with the pistol 08, thus also with two number-same magazines. It was intended to arm from 1914 on in one period of 5 years dieKanoniere of the field artillery with the long pistol 08. The first pistols arrived briefly before beginning of the First World War into the hands of the soldiers, the mass production started however only after beginning of war. In the First World War the weapon became with the field artillery (briefly for beginning of war urgently for carbines required!), with the fliers (after beginning of war their airplanes with machine guns armed briefly), mainly however at the infantry, at storm companies and in hunter battalions uses. Starting from 1916/17 for the weapon also a 32-Schuss-Trommelmagazin was used, which worked in particular with the defense of opposing assaults well. In evaluation of the experiences won here 1918 the first genuine submachine gun was then designed (MP 18 I). Until the end of the twenties the long pistol became 08? also at the police led, with the land hunters. Still also in the Second World War the weapon (in small number of items) was in the use. The weapon was manufactured only from 1913 to the end of the First World War. The mass on long pistols 08 was manufactured with DWM, pistols from Erfurt production is relatively rare. Exact data concerning production are not available, according to reliable estimations between 190.000 and 200.000 long pistols 08 were manufactured.
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