German pistol ammo stocks on the opening day of Barbarossa

Kyrie · 02-15-2001, 07:22 PM

I was perusing Walher's "The Luger Book", looking at the different 9 mm Parabellum cartridges used in WWII and came across something I thought folks might enjoy. As of the opening day of Barbarossa (the invasion of the Soviet Union in June of '41) German cartridge stocks were:

7.63mm Mauser: 1,544,200 (.30 Mauser)

7.65mm Browning: 3,862,000 (.32 ACP)

9mm Pist. Part. 08: 50,809,000 (9 mm Luger)

9mm Short: 127,000 (.380 ACP)

9mm Partone fur MP34: 19,402,000 (9x25 Mauser Export)

9mm Pist. Patr. (t): 3,421,300 (I think this is 9x23 Bergman-Bayard, aka 9mm Largo)

This ammunition didn't last long...

Best regards,

Kyrie

02-15-2001, 07:22 PM	#1
Kyrie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 757 Thanks: 0 Thanked 212 Times in 101 Posts	German pistol ammo stocks on the opening day of Barbarossa I was perusing Walher's "The Luger Book", looking at the different 9 mm Parabellum cartridges used in WWII and came across something I thought folks might enjoy. As of the opening day of Barbarossa (the invasion of the Soviet Union in June of '41) German cartridge stocks were: 7.63mm Mauser: 1,544,200 (.30 Mauser) 7.65mm Browning: 3,862,000 (.32 ACP) 9mm Pist. Part. 08: 50,809,000 (9 mm Luger) 9mm Short: 127,000 (.380 ACP) 9mm Partone fur MP34: 19,402,000 (9x25 Mauser Export) 9mm Pist. Patr. (t): 3,421,300 (I think this is 9x23 Bergman-Bayard, aka 9mm Largo) This ammunition didn't last long... Best regards, Kyrie