Hippie heeft het over een iconic wapen. En dat is het ook. Tot op zekere hoogte personifieert de Luger zo’n halve eeuw Duitslandse kleinkaliber macht. Het wapen, oorspronkelijk genaamd Pistole Parabellum, leeft in de gelijknamige voor de Luger ontwikkelde 9 x 19 mm Parabellum patroon voort. Deze patroon werd in den beginne omschreven als 9 mm Luger, wat aanvullend verbindt.
Een weinig bekend historisch detail is dat de KNIL er 14 duizend van heeft aangeschaft.
“Lugers! there are approximately a gazillion different recognized varieties, because the pistol became so popular and iconic. And yet…they all kinda look the same, don’t they? (If you are a Luger collector, don’t answer that!) A great many ( I daresay the significant majority) of the Luger variations are minor changes in production details. So, what was involved in the mechanical evolution of the Luger?
Not much, really – which is a testament to the talents of Georg Luger. He got the gun almost totally right on his first try. There are, however, two major variants of the Luger mechanically – the 1900 model and the 1906 model. In this video I will walk through the differences between these two, as well as the initial Borchardt pistol that Luger used as his starting point and a couple other relevant milestones (a Swiss trials gun and a transitional French trials gun). And since they are the most common of the military models, we will also take a quick look at the German Army, Navy, and Artillery models.”
