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Dwight Gruber · 04-13-2003, 04:33 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by pisto:

I did read that belonging to the Luftwaffe, personnel on aircrafts donÃ?Â´t carried any Lugers, because they have been to heavy. Lugers were carried only by parachutists and probably by the ground crew...<hr /></blockquote>FWIW, I just read in John Walters's "The Luger Story" that there are
instances of medium bomber and recon aircrews carrying P-08, documented when the planes were shot down and the pistols surrendered or retrieved. Apparently this practice was only practical in these larger aircraft.

--Dwight

04-13-2003, 04:33 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by pisto: <strong> I did read that belonging to the Luftwaffe, personnel on aircrafts donÃ?Â´t carried any Lugers, because they have been to heavy. Lugers were carried only by parachutists and probably by the ground crew...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">FWIW, I just read in John Walters's "The Luger Story" that there are instances of medium bomber and recon aircrews carrying P-08, documented when the planes were shot down and the pistols surrendered or retrieved. Apparently this practice was only practical in these larger aircraft. --Dwight