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Unread 07-28-2002, 01:18 PM   #12
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Folks,

"Fortress" Lugers are Lugers marked as being issued to "Fortress" troops. They are not a separate type of Luger, just a Luger with different unit markings. Fortress Troops were what we in the US Army would classify as HQ Command soldiers assigned to a garrison proper vice being assigned to a unit which was tennant at the garrison.

Many of the fortress units were Minenwurfer and machine gun detachments, as well as the usual assortment of cooks, clerks, etc.

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