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Originally posted by stuka101@Oct 15 2004, 12:08 AM
HI my names Peter and I know that the luger also had a detachable snail magazine. This was not widley used in WWII but it was used!
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I think you'll find that the 50 round snail magazine was used in conjunction with the detachable stock on the Artillery Luger in order to provide the artillery with a light carbine type weapon for self defence.
Having never fired a Luger with the 50 round magazine I could still believe that having forty odd rounds adding an off-centre counter weight to the weapon, would require the stock and the longer barrel just to keep the weapon accurate to even short ranges.
Any of our American friends had the oppertunity to prove or disprove my suspisions?