Some authors speculate based on serial numbers that up to 100,000 were made. When the German officer was brought before Lieutenant Colonel J H Peck, commanding officer of the 14th Battalion, complaining of the rough treatment that he had received from Jacka, Peck replied that 'if he had been through Jacka's hands he could thank God he was still alive. The Army's P08 was the most famous German Luger, but it was preceded by the.
It is thought that Jacka retained the officer's pistol as a souvenir, later handing it in the the AWRS. drum was a formidable firearm used for flushing out allied soldiers in the trenches. The Artillery Luger Pistol armed with the 32 round Snail T.M. With the capture of the officer the orderly dropped his rifle and surrendered. Luger Artillery Pistol Snail drum Mag Trench Case (REF 01T) WW1 Imperial German Artillery Luger Pistol Snail drum magazine & loader carrier. Confronting the Germans, who showed signs of resisting, Jacka seized the officer. Realising that the Germans would soon stumble on the marker tapes, he enlisted the aid of a Lewis gunner to capture them before they could raise the alarm. Jacka and Lieutenant Bradley of the 16th Battalion were laying tapes for the infantry jump off point when Jacka noticed a German officer and his orderly patrolling the area. The incident occurred early on the morning of 9 April 1917, during preparations for the first battle of Bullecourt. This weapon was used in WW1 and WW2 By the German military also used in by the american and the soviet campaign I like this weapon in CoD2 2005 love the design and the sound effects pov and the form of reloading I want a weapon like this by Umarex its around 50 USD not that bad one of my favorite weapons of WW2 Of the Germans along with the MP40 but this all in black looks even a lot better. For the action in which the pistol was captured, Jacka was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross. The following year on the night of 6 & 7 August he was awarded a Military Cross when, from behind enemy lines, he led his platoon in rescuing Australian prisoners while inspiring other units to counter-attack and recapture the line. Jacka won the first Victoria Cross awarded to a member of the AIF during the First World War when he recaptured a section of trench during a heated battle against the Turks at Courtney's Post, Gallipoli on. Its rarity gives its value of around US1 million at the time the 'Million Dollar Guns' episode of the History Channel s Tales of the Gun was filmed, 26 recheck by Guns & Ammo as of 1994. This German Luger pistol was handed into the Australian War Records Section (AWRS) in Melbourne by Captain Albert Jacka, who had served with 14 Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF). 45 Luger prototype serial number 2, believed to have been a back-up to Serial Number 1, survived the 1907 trials and is in private ownership.
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