What was the point of the Artillery Luger?

Dwight Gruber · 05-04-2015, 11:12 PM

The LP08 was designed to serve instead of carbines for point defence use by machine gun and artillery support troops for whom a carbine might prove to be cumbersome or awkward during the performance of their duties. It also proved to be effective as a light assault weapon in the hands of sturmtruppen (storm troopers) when coupled with 32-round snail drum magazines.

And yes, when used with a board stock it is accurate as all heck at ridiculously long range. They are even startlingly accurate even without the stock. One of the reasons for this accuracy is a rear sight which biases itself horizontally as you raise it for increased range, to compensate for the gyroscopically curved path of the bullet.

--Dwight

05-04-2015, 11:12 PM	#8
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	The LP08 was designed to serve instead of carbines for point defence use by machine gun and artillery support troops for whom a carbine might prove to be cumbersome or awkward during the performance of their duties. It also proved to be effective as a light assault weapon in the hands of sturmtruppen (storm troopers) when coupled with 32-round snail drum magazines. And yes, when used with a board stock it is accurate as all heck at ridiculously long range. They are even startlingly accurate even without the stock. One of the reasons for this accuracy is a rear sight which biases itself horizontally as you raise it for increased range, to compensate for the gyroscopically curved path of the bullet. --Dwight