Model 1900 & WWII

Greg · 12-21-2002, 12:48 PM

Are there any known examples of the Model 1900 serving in WWII (i.e., nazi proofs etc???)

ViggoG · 12-21-2002, 05:16 PM

Hi Greg,
I'm no authority on this but;
I do not believe that you will find any official use of a 1900 model in Military Use in WW-1 or WW-2 in as much as the P-08 was the official model in Military Use.
There may be some cases where the "Home Guard" may have used that old of a "Relic" in the last desperate days of resisting the Allied Forces".
For instance I am the proud Owner of a Model 98 Sporting Rifle that was used effectively by a Woman Sniper in Remagen, and was removed from her dead hand by Squad Leader William Dunn, who lost two of his best friends to this WomanÃ¢??s "Sniper Skills".
So as You can see Ã¢??Anything Can Happen In The Time of War and Usually Will !
ViggoG

Greg · 12-21-2002, 05:52 PM

Thanks!!!!!

Lugerdoc · 12-22-2002, 01:17 PM

Even if some officer was foolish enough to carry Grandpa's M1900 luger in WW2, it's a sure bet that it would never have seen any Waffenamps (Army ownership) applied and he would have been on his own as far as ammo procurement was concerned. Tom H.

ViggoG · 12-23-2002, 03:44 AM

Tom,
I know that you were referring to the active or re-called ex-military.
But in the latter days after the "Battle of the Bulge" when the Germans were in full retreat, Was it not a practice to seize any civilian arms and give them to the Home Guard to fight a delaying action. And provide Harassing fire to delay the advancing Allied Troops.
That is the exact problem that Sgt. Dunn and his Squad ran into going in to the Remagen Bridge
Armed citizens, Left behind with an occasional SS Trooper to direct them.
<img src="graemlins/soapbox.gif" border="0" alt="[soapbox]" />
ViggoG

Lugerdoc · 12-23-2002, 09:22 AM

Viggo, I support your reference to last ditch German armed citizen resistance. I once had a customer who was a young (under 16 years of age) Hitler youth, who was issued a PanzerFaust to defend Berlin from the approaching Russian tanks. Fortunately his CO, a wounded regular Army officer, told the kids to drop their weapons and go home and bury their uniforms, or he probably wouldn't be alive today. Tom H.

Big Norm · 12-23-2002, 05:35 PM

I don't know if you would want to consider this a WWII weapon. But the Brazilian 1936 was a 1906.
Big Norm

12-21-2002, 12:48 PM	#1
Greg User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern U.S. Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Model 1900 & WWII Are there any known examples of the Model 1900 serving in WWII (i.e., nazi proofs etc???)

12-22-2002, 01:17 PM	#4
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Even if some officer was foolish enough to carry Grandpa's M1900 luger in WW2, it's a sure bet that it would never have seen any Waffenamps (Army ownership) applied and he would have been on his own as far as ammo procurement was concerned. Tom H. __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

12-23-2002, 09:22 AM	#6
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Viggo, I support your reference to last ditch German armed citizen resistance. I once had a customer who was a young (under 16 years of age) Hitler youth, who was issued a PanzerFaust to defend Berlin from the approaching Russian tanks. Fortunately his CO, a wounded regular Army officer, told the kids to drop their weapons and go home and bury their uniforms, or he probably wouldn't be alive today. Tom H. __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

12-21-2002, 05:16 PM	#2
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hi Greg, I'm no authority on this but; I do not believe that you will find any official use of a 1900 model in Military Use in WW-1 or WW-2 in as much as the P-08 was the official model in Military Use. There may be some cases where the "Home Guard" may have used that old of a "Relic" in the last desperate days of resisting the Allied Forces". For instance I am the proud Owner of a Model 98 Sporting Rifle that was used effectively by a Woman Sniper in Remagen, and was removed from her dead hand by Squad Leader William Dunn, who lost two of his best friends to this WomanÃ¢??s "Sniper Skills". So as You can see Ã¢??Anything Can Happen In The Time of War and Usually Will ! ViggoG

12-21-2002, 05:52 PM	#3
Greg User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southern U.S. Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks!!!!!

12-23-2002, 03:44 AM	#5
ViggoG RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: South Side Virginia Posts: 534 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Tom, I know that you were referring to the active or re-called ex-military. But in the latter days after the "Battle of the Bulge" when the Germans were in full retreat, Was it not a practice to seize any civilian arms and give them to the Home Guard to fight a delaying action. And provide Harassing fire to delay the advancing Allied Troops. That is the exact problem that Sgt. Dunn and his Squad ran into going in to the Remagen Bridge Armed citizens, Left behind with an occasional SS Trooper to direct them. <img src="graemlins/soapbox.gif" border="0" alt="[soapbox]" /> ViggoG

12-23-2002, 05:35 PM	#7
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I don't know if you would want to consider this a WWII weapon. But the Brazilian 1936 was a 1906. Big Norm