First Luger - info & comments - New Photos added

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by valentine

... and in WW1 four companies made them. Being that orders and needs to fill contracts for battalions are huge, one company cannot take on the entire responsibility. DWM Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken was the original company that made Lugers. Than the gun was also made for the Germans by Erfurt. The royal arsenal at Erfurt. .....

Uh, I am sure that you just made a mistake, but there were two manufacturers of lugers in WW1, DWM and Erfurt.

Who else tooled up and made lugers? (Its in the FAQ)

DWM
Erfurt
Simson
Krieghoff
Mauser

and then the Swiss

All pre-WW2

There were no other manufacturers.

DWM made the widest amount and variations, having made military and commeriicial for many countries besides Germany.