The Purpose Of The Naval Luger

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Originally Posted by Mac Cat

@Cirilaw: Lovely collection !

Can you tell us what the book is about?
The title is: Imperial Marine
But, the second line translates to "2. Matron Division" ?

Actually, Kaiserliche Marine = Imperial Navy
The 2nd Matrosen Division was the training organization for sailors in Wilhelmshafen. There was 1st M.D. in Kiel.

The Matrosen Division trained the sailors who operated the ships. There were corresponding Werft Divisions that trained the sailors with technical duties. There were also Torpedo Divisions which trained the sailors in operating and maintaining torpedoes. (in those days there were a large number of torpedo boats and virtually every other ship up to and including battleships had torpedo tubes.)
Other training units included the U-Boot Abteilung in Kiel and the Minen Abteilung in Cuxhaven.

The Matrosen and Werft Division sailors received training on machineguns and rifles for landing parties. The Torpedo, U-Boot and Minen units all trained with P.04s