My 1st P.08, a 1914 Erfurt

[Dwight Gruber]

Originally posted by G. van Vlimmeren
If these 'weird' Erfurts demand an explanation, it would be most interesting to look at whoever inherited the Erfurt machinery and leftover parts after WW1.

Charlie Sorrentino, in Auto Mag, has suggested the possibility that 'someone'--no evidence who, not necessarily Simson--finished up and sold guns which were nearly done when Erfurt halted production. He thus explains u suffix 1918 Erfurts, and Erfurts which have surfaced with a 1918/20 chamber date. He suggests that these might be considered 'Weimar Transitional'.

--Dwight