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Dutch Navy Luger: From World War One to the End of Neutrality (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2025-05-12 12:00:05 +0000 UTCThe Dutch Navy first acquired Luger pistols in 1918 specifically for its aviators. They has 12 German P04 Lugers taken from a German submarine stranded in the (neutral) Netherlands, and 28 more were purchased from DWM in 1918 to round out the 40 guns needed to equip the Naval Air Service. The pistol was formally adopted as Automatische Pistool Nr.1. In 1928, the Dutch Army adopted the 1906 New Model Luger for its own service, and the Navy decided to update its revolvers at the same time. The Navy opted not to get grip safeties, and so took a copy of the German P08 model instead of what the Army had. The first order was placed in 1928 through BKIW in Germany, and deliveries would run until 1939 with a total of 2654 delivered before German invaded in May 1940.
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Comments
Guido Schriewer
hmm. ok. then "geladen" is the same in dutch and german. double checked it. thought maybe german marked leftover parts but no. have a true love/hate thing about the luger. bit more on the love side maybe.
Kenneth Marshall
Musicians? And if revolvers are not ideal for aviators - Why did the US continue them for that role into the 1980s. I was told it was so pilots felt more compelled to use a revolver strictly for defense and not offensive like PDWs or pistols but I find that maybe dubious lore. I don't know.
