Seeking Artillery

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by kurusu

Even though I'm not into artillery Lugers myself, I have this to offer:

The artillery Luger is a WW-I thing. So, mistrust anything that is:

A) made by someone else other than DWM or Erfurt arsenal.

B) "double dated". According to Versailles treaty, Germany could no longer produce, or possess handguns with barrels longer than 10cm. The 1920 mark is a Weimar possession stamp, hou do your own math.

Kurusu,

Double date Artillery lugers are or can be entirely acceptable.

The Landjaegeri used them with 8" barrels up to about 1929.
The Navy used them and also marked them during the Weimar era, they were under British control and didn't seem to care about small arms.

So don't condemn them all!