Discontinued use of markings

[jeb111]

Originally Posted by Doubs

Considering that armorers put the markings on the guns at unit level, it's possible that - as Don suggests - not everyone got the message OR someone in the command structure of the unit insisted that their guns be marked. Why we may never know but we do know that a small number of 1917 and 1918 Lugers were unit marked.

Very interesting, I originally thought that it was too impractical to mark weapons because when they went back for repair it would seem that it would be a logistical headache to return it back to its unit.