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Portuguese Navy Lugers: Model m/910 from DWM and Mauser (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2024-11-02 11:00:02 +0000 UTCFollowing Portuguese Army adoption in 1908, the Portuguese Navy adopted the Luger in 1909 as the m/910. The pattern they chose was a “new model” Luger in 9x19mm, with a 100mm / 4” barrel. A total of 650 were ordered in late 1909 and delivered between 1910 and 1912. The guns had Portuguese-language safety and extractor markings (“Seguranca” and “Carregada”) and included grip safeties. They were in a dedicated serial number range of 1 to 650. The first 350 were delivered under the reign of Portuguese King Manuel II and had crown-over-anchor chamber crests. With the establishment of a Republic in Portugal, that marking was changed to “R.P.” over an anchor, which was used on the remaining gun (351-650).
In the mid 1930s, the Navy ordered another 156 m/910 Luger pistols, this time from the Mauser company. These had the same Portuguese markings, but without any special crest - just blank chambers. They were numbered in Mauser’s export/commercial serial number range, and are in the “v” block of numbers. A few more very small orders were placed in 1941 and 1942, but these were filled with basically straight German P08 pistols.
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Pumba’s Gpa
Cool country to visit.
Guido Schriewer
oh. scar L and glocks (again). not the oddball but cool ones. hmm..
Guido Schriewer
heck they used g3' s and mg3's untill... (still?) what brings me to... what pistol did the military branches use cold war and today? bit like israel. what did they purchase in "colonial wars"? ar10 to fal to g3? they buy A LOT of (oddball) guns it seems.
Tiago Cunha
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