Key facts
- Type
- Semi-automatic pistol
- Place of origin
- German Empire
- In service
- 1904–1953 (Germany) 1900–1970s (other countries)
- Used by
- See Users
- Designer
- Georg Luger
- Manufacturer
- Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken Imperial Arsenals of Erfurt Simson Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik Mauser Vickers Ltd (final assembly only) Waffenfabrik Bern
- Unit cost
- 35 ℛ ︁ ℳ ︁ (1943), (equivalent to €72 in 2021 )
- Produced
- 1900–1953
- Number span no built
- 3,000,000
- Mass
- 871 g (1 lb 15 oz)
- Length
- 222 mm (8.7 in)
- Barrel length
- 120 mm (4.7 in) (Pistole 00) 100 mm (3.9 in) (Pistole 08) 200 mm (7.9 in) (Lange Pistole 1908)
Article
The Pistole Parabellum or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum), commonly known as just the Luger or Luger P08, is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Luger was produced in several models and by several nations from 1898 to 1949.
The design was patented by Georg Luger. It was meant to be an improvement of the Borchardt C-93 pistol, and was initially produced as the Parabellum Automatic Pistol, Borchardt-Luger System by the German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM). The first production model was known as the Modell 1900 Parabellum. It was followed by the "Marinepistole 1904" for the Imperial German Navy.
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