Broomhandle accuracy

alvin · 12-19-2013, 09:41 AM

Regarding "not officially adopted by any western power", I have a little bit thought. Not very mature, just a thought.

For a bulky large frame pistol with stock like this, the role it played was like Artillery Luger, a combat pistol, compensating high-power but slow bolt action rifle as a single-man arm in that era. Say, Artillery Luger was adopted, but not many LP08 were acquired either -- the need for this type of pistol was very limited in western style warfare, at least that was in western planners' thought. Who could imagine the coming WWI turned out to be a close-range trench war at the beginning of 1900, in which combat pistols could be more useful in many cases.

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12-19-2013, 09:41 AM	#1
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Regarding "not officially adopted by any western power", I have a little bit thought. Not very mature, just a thought. For a bulky large frame pistol with stock like this, the role it played was like Artillery Luger, a combat pistol, compensating high-power but slow bolt action rifle as a single-man arm in that era. Say, Artillery Luger was adopted, but not many LP08 were acquired either -- the need for this type of pistol was very limited in western style warfare, at least that was in western planners' thought. Who could imagine the coming WWI turned out to be a close-range trench war at the beginning of 1900, in which combat pistols could be more useful in many cases.