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3 unusual facts about Luger pistol


Howard Unruh

At 9:20 am, Unruh left the house armed with a German Luger pistol looking for his first victims.

Pedersen rifle

The breech block mechanism thus operated in a manner resembling the operation of the Luger pistol, but unlike that pistol the Pedersen mechanism was at no time mechanically locked.

Peter Poole

Musunge threw stones at one dog, for which Poole shot Musunge dead with a Luger pistol.


Waggon Union

The company was based in Berlin and was originally a branch of the Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, a munitions manufacturer best known as the designer and maker of the Luger pistol.


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Walter Kniep

Walter Kniep was killed in an accident on the 22 April 1944 at Thouars in France, when he was accidentally shot during training when a soldier was unloading a Luger pistol.