"9 mm Parabellum pistols were manufactured in Belgium but they were much more expensive and had longer delivery times"
Don't you just love translations? Do they mean "9mm parabellum" pistols as being P08s or another pistol chambered in 9mm parabellum? Given either/both situations, was there a caliber 9mm pistol being produced in Belgium in the 20's as an export military contract gun? Or, were P08s being manufactured in Belgium as military contract pistols for Finland? Either the author is absoultely incorrect, or the Belgians were producing P08s, or there was another 9mm pistol (could have been the FN 1922 as previously mentioned). Are there Belgian proofs on any P08s of this era? The FN 22 would not be a difficult gun to manufacture and its doubtful if the Finnish Army would have accepted the .32 as a service pistol caliber.
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