Re issue

George Anderson · 10-27-2018, 10:56 AM

The only definite "reissued" LP08s I have seen were a few Reichsmarine unit marked LP08s and a very few Weimar police issued LP08s. I have never seen any photographic evidence of Wehrmacht use of LP08s.

As to tankers using LP08s, I can testify as a former tanker that the last sidearm an armored crewman would ever carry is an LP08. Our US tanks in the 1970s had a hell of a lot more spacious turrets than did ANY WWII tanks of either side.

10-27-2018, 10:56 AM	#5
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	The only definite "reissued" LP08s I have seen were a few Reichsmarine unit marked LP08s and a very few Weimar police issued LP08s. I have never seen any photographic evidence of Wehrmacht use of LP08s. As to tankers using LP08s, I can testify as a former tanker that the last sidearm an armored crewman would ever carry is an LP08. Our US tanks in the 1970s had a hell of a lot more spacious turrets than did ANY WWII tanks of either side.