Bavarian Cavalry P08

klaus 3338 · 06-25-2016, 07:06 AM

[QUOTE=kurusu;289595]This may be common knowledge here, but I state it anyway.

Wurttemberg had their P08 sent to Erfurt for addition of the holdopen middle 1914. In July 1914, when the war started, they asked them back, holdopen installed or not.

Bavarian P08 were scheduled for holdopen installation in August 1914. By then the war was going on, and nobody knows how many, if any, were sent to Erfurt for holdopen fitting .

it seems that Bavarian Lugers never got the hold open added, but several altered Württemberg Lugers are known with the hold open added. In German Archives ist a list with all numbers of the Bavarian Lugers which were enumerated with their Units which had to get the hold open added. I have Pictures of about 30 Lugers of this list and non is altered.

06-25-2016, 07:06 AM	#23
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 524 Thanks: 0 Thanked 432 Times in 165 Posts	[QUOTE=kurusu;289595]This may be common knowledge here, but I state it anyway. Wurttemberg had their P08 sent to Erfurt for addition of the holdopen middle 1914. In July 1914, when the war started, they asked them back, holdopen installed or not. Bavarian P08 were scheduled for holdopen installation in August 1914. By then the war was going on, and nobody knows how many, if any, were sent to Erfurt for holdopen fitting . it seems that Bavarian Lugers never got the hold open added, but several altered Württemberg Lugers are known with the hold open added. In German Archives ist a list with all numbers of the Bavarian Lugers which were enumerated with their Units which had to get the hold open added. I have Pictures of about 30 Lugers of this list and non is altered.