7.65mm DWM Luger 08/20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Pistol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.65mm Parabellum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Provided by Eero Juhola

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Physical

       Aim

 

 

 

Ballistic Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Data

      Time

 

 

 

Range in 2 yard Hexes

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC

ALM

 

 

 

10

20

40

70

100

200

300

400

L

8.75

1

-16

 

FMJ

PEN

     1.9

     1.8

     1.6

     1.4

     1.2

     0.7

     0.4

     0.3

W

1.9

2

-11

 

 

DC

        3

        3

        2

        2

        1

        1

        1

        1

 

 

3

-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RT

4

4

-9

 

*JHP

PEN

     1.8

     1.7

     1.5

     1.3

     1.1

     0.7

     0.4

     0.2

ROF

*

5

-8

 

 

DC

        4

        3

        3

        2

        1

        1

        1

        1

 

 

6

-7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cap

8

 

 

 

*AP

PEN

     2.7

     2.5

     2.3

     2.0

     1.7

     1.0

     0.6

     0.4

AW

0.2

 

 

 

 

DC

        3

        2

        2

        2

        1

        1

        1

        1

 

box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KD

2

 

 

 

 

BA

46

38

29

22

17

8

3

-1

SAB

3

 

 

 

 

TOF

0

1

2

3

5

12

20

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.65 mm DWM Luger 08/20 - This is the 7.65mm version of the excellent 9mm Parabellum P08 (model 1908) automatic pistol, commonly called the Luger, which was used by the German army in World War I. The Versailles peace treaty specified that German pistols had to be of a caliber smaller than 9mm and that their barrels could not be longer than 102 mm. Thus a modified version of the pistol was introduced, using the powerful 7.65mm Parabellum cartridge.

The gun achieved considerable export success in the Twenties and Thirties. Finland purchased 8000 such weapons (designated as the Parabellum m/23) and during the Winter War they were used by officers, NCOs, heavy weapon, tank and aircraft crews.

 


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