book '50 Jahre DWM'

Vlim · 03-12-2004, 10:18 AM

Hi all,

The book '50 Jahre Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken' arrived by mail today.

It's an official company publication dating from mid 1939, published by VDI to celebrate the 50th anniversary of DWM.

This is the book, mentioned in John Walters books, that credits Georg Luger for altering the Borchardt grip angle. Although the Parabellum gets only a couple of pages in the book, it offers a wonderful insight in the company's structure and locations.

It comes with a complete photoset of rifle shell production steps and some company background images as well, portraits of the company leaders, heavy machine production, info about the company's financials, drawings of the maxim machine gun, a K98 in the test department, etc...

I'm currently looking if and how I will provide access to the book's contents for research purposes, since it's a rare document that doesn't surface very often.

The book contains a foreword written and signed by General Becker, head of the WaA in 1939.

Some nice info:
The average production during WW1 was about 700 lugers a day.
The start of luger production is 1899.

Pete Ebbink · 03-12-2004, 12:06 PM

Well...with the illustration of a P-08 with an attached shoulder stock, maybe our BATF should be convinced to allow any luger with a stock lug to be mated with a shoulder stock...?

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

03-12-2004, 10:18 AM	#1
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,043 Thanks: 1,032 Thanked 3,922 Times in 1,194 Posts	book '50 Jahre DWM' Hi all, The book '50 Jahre Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken' arrived by mail today. It's an official company publication dating from mid 1939, published by VDI to celebrate the 50th anniversary of DWM. This is the book, mentioned in John Walters books, that credits Georg Luger for altering the Borchardt grip angle. Although the Parabellum gets only a couple of pages in the book, it offers a wonderful insight in the company's structure and locations. It comes with a complete photoset of rifle shell production steps and some company background images as well, portraits of the company leaders, heavy machine production, info about the company's financials, drawings of the maxim machine gun, a K98 in the test department, etc... I'm currently looking if and how I will provide access to the book's contents for research purposes, since it's a rare document that doesn't surface very often. The book contains a foreword written and signed by General Becker, head of the WaA in 1939. Some nice info: The average production during WW1 was about 700 lugers a day. The start of luger production is 1899.

03-12-2004, 12:06 PM	#2
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Well...with the illustration of a P-08 with an attached shoulder stock, maybe our BATF should be convinced to allow any luger with a stock lug to be mated with a shoulder stock...? Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />