Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

Ron Smith · 02-22-2007, 12:35 AM

My dad served in the Pacific, but one of my friends dad was with Patton's armor. He was the driver of a White half-track with a mounted 105mm howitzer (like the one in Kelly's Heros). We used to look at his photos. One was of the crew sitting around the half- track in front of a German Tiger that they had just knocked out with a direct hit in the engine. The name painted on the half-track was "The Bouncin' Bitch".

He told us that Lugers were fairly common. And that most of them wanted to find either a P.38 or P.35 Hi-Power , because the magazines were easier to load.

02-22-2007, 12:35 AM	#6
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	My dad served in the Pacific, but one of my friends dad was with Patton's armor. He was the driver of a White half-track with a mounted 105mm howitzer (like the one in Kelly's Heros). We used to look at his photos. One was of the crew sitting around the half- track in front of a German Tiger that they had just knocked out with a direct hit in the engine. The name painted on the half-track was "The Bouncin' Bitch". He told us that Lugers were fairly common. And that most of them wanted to find either a P.38 or P.35 Hi-Power , because the magazines were easier to load. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...