The Pistole Parabellum 1908 — or Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum) — is a toggle-locked recoil-operated semi-automatic pistol. The design was patented by Georg J. Luger in 1898 and produced by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM) starting in 1900 with other manufacturers such as W+F Bern Krieghoff Simson Mauser and Vickers; it was an evolution of the 1893 Hugo Borchardt–designed C-93.
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length (km)
0.222
origin
German Empire
type
Semi-automatic pistol
used in war
German Revolution of 1918–19, Chinese Civil War, World War II, Rhodesian Bush War, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War I, Spanish Civil War
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