{"id":69189,"date":"2022-02-15T02:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=69189"},"modified":"2022-02-14T09:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:33:21","slug":"krieghoff-lugers-for-the-luftwaffe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/02\/15\/krieghoff-lugers-for-the-luftwaffe\/","title":{"rendered":"Krieghoff: Lugers for the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q0rWX6UC758\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Oct 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblVLTW94Uzlvc3puM1pncnQ5WU5TUE90akg4Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsaHZob1pHVkRXU09VVDkzX0I3N2VNQkdxQlgyekFmdEZCTEp5VjFJS1RicXl1UktBV1lFRmFjNnlUWThFeVcwZkFlN3MtY0YyTjRlaXVPanh3X25BNU9TYjNxM1JxN1lvc2x0U0xVSDV4TXFJRDY0WQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons%2Fhome\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/Fo&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the scarce, small-production manufacturers of the Luger is Krieghoff &mdash; Heinrich Krieghoff to be exact. <em>Kreighoff Waffenfabrik<\/em> was a smallish arms company that wanted to get into major contracts with the rearming German military in the 1930s. They began by bidding on a contract for 10,000 Luger pistols for the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em>, and won. Krieghoff had previously worked as a subcontractor for the Simson company rebuilding Lugers under the Weimar government. Kreighoff got control of the Simson Luger tooling, and used it to manufacture a new set themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Krieghoff built a total of 13,825 Luger pistols. The first 10,000 were delivered to the <em>Luftwaffe<\/em> between 1935 and 1937. A further 2,000 were delivered in small batches between 1940 and 1944, with a final 200 in 1945. In addition to these, 1,625 were sold commercially, including a few highly embellished examples. They are renowned for their excellent quality, and have always attracted particular collector interest.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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