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A Brief History of the Parabellum Pistol (German)

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A Brief History of the Parabellum Pistol (German)This out of print title is in German. The following is a translation of the introduction. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARABELLUM PISTOL PARABELLUM, a word that has been a household name for generations, a name for a pistol with a legendary myth and shrouded in legend. The meteoric rise of this pistol began around the turn of the century, and over four decades it spread throughout the world. It found its way into the armies of many countries as a service

This out-of-print title is in German. The following is a translation of the introduction.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARABELLUM PISTOL

PARABELLUM, a word that has been a household name for generations, a name for a pistol with a legendary myth and shrouded in legend.

The meteoric rise of this pistol began around the turn of the century, and over four decades it spread throughout the world. It found its way into the armies of many countries as a service weapon, as a service weapon for police authorities, as an excellent target weapon for sport shooters, and as a defensive weapon for private individuals. It was carried as a service weapon in two world wars. Armies of smaller countries still use it today. Parabellum pistols are now well-kept treasures among gun collectors on all continents of the world; Parabellum pistols rarely change hands from one collection to another at high prices. Several books have been written about it, and weapons historians are still trying to shed light on unexplained chapters in the history of this pistol.

This article attempts to provide a brief overview of the history, development, and distribution of the Parabellum pistol for those generally interested in weapons.

The archives of the companies that produced the Parabellum pistol and the archives of the countries where the Parabellum pistol was introduced as a service weapon could provide the basis for research into the development and distribution of this pistol. Unfortunately, these sources have largely dried up. Due to the effects of the war, all documents were lost at the German Weapons and Ammunition Factories in Berlin, the Royal Rifle Factory in Erfurt, the Mauser Works in Oberndorf, and ultimately also at the Simson and Krieghoff Works in Suhl. The records at the Royal Prussian Rifle Testing Commission in Potsdam were burned in 1945, and the documents of the German Navy's Weapons Office were lost, with few exceptions. Rarely do we find circumstances like those in Switzerland, where the state archives contain complete records and offer a treasure trove for weapons historians.

Thus, it was essentially left to weapons historians and Parabellum enthusiasts to piece together the historical mosaic, interviewing people who had previously been directly involved in production or distribution, locating surviving documents, or even gaining an overview based on the inscriptions, serial numbers, and other markings on the Parabellum pistols still in existence today, ultimately gaining a somewhat coherent picture of the design, production from beginning to end, and even distribution.

KLEINE GESCHICHTE DER PARABELLUM-PISTOLE 

PARABELLUM, ein Wort, fur Generationen ein Begriff, ein Name fur eine Pistole mit einem sagenhaften Mytho!; und von Legenden umwoben. 

Um die Jahrhundertwende begann der kometenhafte Auf stieg dieser Pistole, und uber vier Jahrzehnte hinweg fond sie Verbreitung in der ganzen Welt. Sie fond Eingang bei de:, Armeen vieler Lander als Ordon­nanzwaffe, als Dienstwaffe bei Polizeibehorden, bei den Sportschi.Hzen als hervorragende Scheibenwaffe und bei privaten Personen als Vertei­digungswaffe. In zwei Weltkriegen wu:-de sie als Ordonnanzwaffe getra­gen. Armeen kleinerer Lander verwenden sie noch heute. Bei den Waf­fensammlern in alien Kontinenten der Welt sind Parabellum-Pistolen heute wohlgehutete Schatze, nur noch selten wechseln Parabellum-Pisto­len zu hohen Preisen von einer Sammlung in die andere. Mehrere Bucher sind uber Sie geschrieben worden und noch immer bemuhen sich Waf­fenhistoriker Licht in ungeklarte Kapitel der Geschichte dieser Pistole zu bringen. 

Hier soil nun versucht werden, dem allgemein an Waffen lnteressierten einen 0berblick uber die Geschichte, Entwicklung und Verbreitung der Parabellum-Pistole in geraffter Form zu geben.

Grundlagen fur die Erforschung der Entwicklung und Verbreitung dieser Pistole konnten die Archive der Firmen se:n, die die Parabellum-Pistole produzierten, und die Archive der Lander, in denen die Parabellum­Pisto!e als Ordonnanzwaffe eingefuhrt war. Aber bedauerlicherweise sind diese Quellen grofltenteils versiegt. Durch Kriegseinwirkung sind samtliche Unterlagen bei den Deutschen Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken in Berlin, bei der Koniglichen Gewehrfabrik in Erfurt, bei den Mauser­Werken in Oberndorf und letztlich ouch bei den Simson und Krieghoff Werken in Suhl verloren gegangen. Die Unterlagen bei der Koniglichen Preussischen Gewehr-Prufungskommission in Potsdam verbrannten 1945, die Dokumente des Waffenamtes der Deutschen Marine gingen bis auf geringe Ausnahmen verloren. Selten findet man Umstande, wie in der Schweiz vor, wo in den Staatsarchiven die Unterlagen vollstandig vor­handen sind und dem Waffenhistoriker eine Fundgrube bieten. 

So blieb es im wesentlichen den Waffenhistorikern und den Parabellum­Enthusiasten vorbehalten, Stein um Stein zum Mosaik des Geschichts­bildes zusammenzutragen, die Personen zu befragen, die fruher direkt mit der Produktion oder der Verbreitung zu tun hatten, ubriggebliebene Dokumente ausfindig zu machen oder ouch sich aufgrund der Beschrif­tungen, der Seriennummern und anderer Kennzeichen an den heute noch vorhandenen Parabellum-Pistolen einen 0berblick zu verschaffen, um letztlich ein einigermaflen geschlossenes Bild van der Konstruktion, von der Produktion vom Anfang bis zum Ende und ouch von der Verbreitung zu bekommen.

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