Units issued Lugers/P O8 in WW2

mrerick · 01-13-2013, 12:11 PM

In Sturgess' new Luger book on page 860 he starts a discussion about Wehrmacht deployment of Lugers.

He also publishes pages from the October 1, 1937 table of organization and equipment for wartime (army) document. This lays out the requirements for a home area infantry company. 144 rifles and 46 p.08 Luger pistols.

A machine gun company got 100 rifles and 77 p.08 Lugers.

These are two pages extracted from what was surely an extensive document detailing original allocations.

He says that as the army grew, demand for pistols grew even more strongly to support new service branches, with tank and air force units needing a higher pistol quota than artillery.

He also quotes one document uniquely from June to September, 1941 in which OKW chief Keitel allocated pistols: 73% to the Army; 2% to the Navy and 25% to the air force.

Marc

01-13-2013, 12:11 PM	#5
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	In Sturgess' new Luger book on page 860 he starts a discussion about Wehrmacht deployment of Lugers. He also publishes pages from the October 1, 1937 table of organization and equipment for wartime (army) document. This lays out the requirements for a home area infantry company. 144 rifles and 46 p.08 Luger pistols. A machine gun company got 100 rifles and 77 p.08 Lugers. These are two pages extracted from what was surely an extensive document detailing original allocations. He says that as the army grew, demand for pistols grew even more strongly to support new service branches, with tank and air force units needing a higher pistol quota than artillery. He also quotes one document uniquely from June to September, 1941 in which OKW chief Keitel allocated pistols: 73% to the Army; 2% to the Navy and 25% to the air force. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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