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[Sergio Natali]

Originally Posted by kurusu

But they did.

"During the German occupation of Norway (1940–1945), manufacture of the pistol, given the designation Pistole 657(n),[2] was continued under German control. The Waffenamt acceptance mark (WaA84) was added in 1945 and only those 920 pistols produced that year were ever Waffenamt-marked. It's not likely that any of these Waffenamt-marked pistols ever saw any action during World War II as the first one, serial# 29615, was delivered March 29, 1945 and the last one, serial# 30534, was delivered on 5 May 1945 just before liberation of Norway. In total, approximately 8200 pistols were made during German occupation (serials 22312-30534). All of them were delivered to AOK Norwegen (Army) except 700 that were delivered to Maza Norwegen (Navy).

Occupation production:

1940 = approx. 50 pistols
1941 = approx. 4099 pistols
1942 = 3154 pistols
1945 = 920 pistols "*

* From wikipedia

Yes I know that but as you can see were only very small figures, I mean they already had in their hands a terrific project widely tested during the WWI (1911) so I wonder why they didn't implement those factories and massively produce 1911s instead of developing the P.38


Sergio



P.S.

... probably everybody has already guessed that I've always been a 1911 "fanatic"...

[kurusu]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

Yes I know that but as you can see were only very small figures, I mean they already had in their hands a terrific project widely tested during the WWI (1911) so I wonder why they didn't implement those factories and massively produce 1911s instead of developing the P.38


Sergio

The p38 was already developed in 1940 and had already been officially accepted. They apparently were happy with the 9mm caliber and they would create a logistic nightmare having two different pistol cartridges in use, remember that the P08 remained in service up to the end of the war.

Another thought, the 9mm probably would be more effective in Russian winter than the .45acp because of better penetration with heavy clothing.