Luger and General German Handgun question

alanint · 08-02-2014, 06:31 AM

Vlim, you are discussing the point from the perspective of a modern, post war Europe while the original question pertains to practices at the turn of nineteenth century. While the German Empire and later the Nazis where able to arm a wide variety of troops with firearms, I still maintain that in its origins, when only officers could afford them, a sidearm was seen as a badge of rank.

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08-02-2014, 06:31 AM	#24
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Vlim, you are discussing the point from the perspective of a modern, post war Europe while the original question pertains to practices at the turn of nineteenth century. While the German Empire and later the Nazis where able to arm a wide variety of troops with firearms, I still maintain that in its origins, when only officers could afford them, a sidearm was seen as a badge of rank.