Favored gun?

Heydrich · 12-11-2003, 07:53 PM

RK:

On p.52-53 of the book D-Day, it has a photo of 18 different models of captured German pistols from the Normandy area. Obviously, they used a very wide variety of handguns from various sources. Here are the ones listed: Astra 600, French Unique 7.65, Radom Model 1935, two Belgian FN variants, Czech CZ-27, Hungarian Femaru, two P38 variants, two P.08 variants, Walther PP, Walther Model 8, Walther Model 4, Walther PPK, Mauser 1906, Mauser HS, and Mauser 1896.

However, there was definitely a “favored gun” for the Hollywood movie SS personnel: a Luger.

And nothing is foggy about the relationship between the TK and the KZ. The TK was founded by mainly camp guards, lead by Eicke (regulations created by him while at Dachau became standard), and received some resources via that system. That’s economic, political, and military links.

I guess that makes the whole argument by former Waffen-SS troops that they were, "just combat troops" like the others BS, especially for the TK.

12-11-2003, 07:53 PM	#13
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	RK: On p.52-53 of the book D-Day, it has a photo of 18 different models of captured German pistols from the Normandy area. Obviously, they used a very wide variety of handguns from various sources. Here are the ones listed: Astra 600, French Unique 7.65, Radom Model 1935, two Belgian FN variants, Czech CZ-27, Hungarian Femaru, two P38 variants, two P.08 variants, Walther PP, Walther Model 8, Walther Model 4, Walther PPK, Mauser 1906, Mauser HS, and Mauser 1896. However, there was definitely a “favored gun” for the Hollywood movie SS personnel: a Luger. And nothing is foggy about the relationship between the TK and the KZ. The TK was founded by mainly camp guards, lead by Eicke (regulations created by him while at Dachau became standard), and received some resources via that system. That’s economic, political, and military links. I guess that makes the whole argument by former Waffen-SS troops that they were, "just combat troops" like the others BS, especially for the TK.