Research Catalog

Title

The Luger story : the standard history of the world's most famous handgun / by John Walter.

Author

Walter, John

Publication

London : Greenhill ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole, 2001.

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Details

Description

256 p. : ill., plates; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Greenhill military paperback

Uniform Title

Greenhill military paperbacks

Subject

• Luger pistol > History
• Luger pistol > Collectors and collecting

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published: 1995.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. From the Maxim machine-gun to the Borchardt pistol 19 -- Panel 1 Action of the Borchardt pistol -- 2. Adoption of the Luger in Switzerland: the first real success 42 -- Panel 2 Early Borchardt-Lugers -- Panel 3 Action of the Borchardt Luger -- Panel 4 Variations of the Swiss 1900-model Luger -- 3. Trials and tribulations; progress at home and abroad 58 -- 4. Advent of the 9mm cartridge 91 -- 5. Luger in the commercial market 96 -- Panel 5 Proof markings on typical Old Model Lugers -- 6. New Model Luger pistols 104 -- 7. .45 Luger and the US Army trials of 1907 114 -- 8. Military trials and commercial exploits of the New Model Luger 119 -- 9. Ultimate success: adoption of the Luger for the Germany Army 131 -- Panel 6 Proof and inspectors' marks, 1911 -- 10. Luger in the First World War 142 -- Panel 7 Issue of the Luger in 1914 -- Panel 8 Ten typical pre-1918 unit markings -- 11. From the fall of the Kaiser to secret rearmament 159 -- 12. Commercial Lugers and accessories of the Weimar Republic 174 -- 13. Rise of Hitler, and Lugers of the Third Reich 201 -- 14. Second World War and the demise of the Luger -- Panel 9 Non-standard handguns in German service, 1939-45 217 -- 15. New Luger: from Mauser-Jagdwaffen to Mitchell Arms 228.

ISBN

1853674362

OCLC

• 59549542
• SCSB-11089549

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library