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[Puretexan]

I read somewhere that when German soldiers were caught , they would drop
the sideplate off their lugers so the enemy wouldn't have a working pistol.

Wish there were some pictures of the factories where they reworked guns.
It would be nice to see if they had extra parts , or were taking apart the bad
ones , and reusing the parts.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Puretexan

I read somewhere that when German soldiers were caught , they would drop
the sideplate off their lugers so the enemy wouldn't have a working pistol.

Wish there were some pictures of the factories where they reworked guns.
It would be nice to see if they had extra parts , or were taking apart the bad
ones , and reusing the parts.

Yes,
they had "extra" parts. There is a post here of a complete armorer's kit of parts, for the luger and the K 98.

Spare parts made in 1918 or before by Erfurt were still being used into the 1930's. Same for those Simson e/6 spare side plates used by Mauser in 1939!