tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post2925688441310690167..comments2024-03-27T09:44:59.329-04:00Comments on Free North Carolina: German Combat Pistols – Did the Guys Who Brought Us the Tiger Tank Really Think This was Enough Gun?Brock Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-68113846317189930172019-07-15T22:46:39.074-04:002019-07-15T22:46:39.074-04:00Lugers, P-38 and Hi-Power holsters were cumbersome...Lugers, P-38 and Hi-Power holsters were cumbersome. <br /><br />Didn't know that.<br />=============<br />Browning High Power in his waistband. 13 rounder<br /><br />Sounds good.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-4530342762822165422019-07-15T22:25:55.547-04:002019-07-15T22:25:55.547-04:00It is a dandy. I have a Browning Model 1922 in .32...It is a dandy. I have a Browning Model 1922 in .32. I think it was manufactured in 1943. Either way, it was issued to the Luftwaffe as most were. Pilots and crews were issued them due to their size. Their purpose was for "escape and evasion". I talked with a German vet once who was a tank commander. He said his crew usually wore a small holster that contained a .32 (PPK or PP). This allowed them to crawl in and out of the hatches. Lugers, P-<br />38 and Hi-Power holsters were cumbersome. When in combat he said he carried a Browning High Power in his waistband. He favored the 13 round magazine. I have also seen P-38 shoulder holsters that were issued to tank crews. The P-38 was an excellent front line battlefield pistol. Jeffery in Alabamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335332266715975717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-16229446819295558292019-07-15T19:19:47.638-04:002019-07-15T19:19:47.638-04:00Interesting. Thanks.Interesting. Thanks.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-36211272436039204172019-07-15T17:48:24.734-04:002019-07-15T17:48:24.734-04:00During the 4+ years of WWI, total deaths, military...During the 4+ years of WWI, total deaths, military and civilian, were about 18 million. <br />During the 8 years of WWII, total deaths topped 70 million with some putting the number at 80 million, roughly 3% of the world's population. <br /><br />Now, the Spanish Flu, at the end of WWI, killed 50-100 million people, 3-5% of the world's population. I had a great uncle die from it in the middle of rural Kentucky.<br /><br />The Black Death back in 1347-1351 killed 75 -200 million people. 30-60% of Europe's population. It took the world 200 years to recover the population killed by this disease.Chris Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001920155309388738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-21555610576143146662019-07-15T13:57:00.591-04:002019-07-15T13:57:00.591-04:00Prices are all over the place.Prices are all over the place.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-75325567552996638162019-07-15T13:37:50.886-04:002019-07-15T13:37:50.886-04:00Equal killers all.Equal killers all.Brock Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404173139501539265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-70025750954601126152019-07-15T12:50:59.991-04:002019-07-15T12:50:59.991-04:00Man, that's a sweet pistolMan, that's a sweet pistolBorepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-7333740447583027832019-07-15T07:38:06.410-04:002019-07-15T07:38:06.410-04:00WII may have been the most expansive but the blood...WII may have been the most expansive but the bloodiest? What of those days in WWI when 20,000 or more were killed? In a single day! Or, I needn't mention the massive bloodletting of the American civil war. Or, for that matter the French revolution.<br /><br />Rick<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495862358340777039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7566715115931065803.post-57099243929486952402019-07-15T07:36:09.584-04:002019-07-15T07:36:09.584-04:00Those little .32ACPs hide-outs were mainly used by...Those little .32ACPs hide-outs were mainly used by officers who didn't have a hand in combat roles. As far as police work goes, back then drug crazed criminals weren't the norm, so if a perp got shot, they gave up and resigned themselves to getting fixed up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com