{"product_id":"luger-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-famous-handgun-hardcover","title":"Luger: The Story of the World's Most Famous Handgun - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Walter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe distinctive look of the Luger and its role in German military history make it the world's most famous handgun. In Luger, renowned gun expert John Walter traces the history of this semiautomatic pistol from an early design by Hugo Borchardt in the 1890s through its use in the trenches of the First World War to the final days of the Third Reich in WWII.\u003cbr\u003e Other books on the Parabellum-Pistole, as the Luger was also known, focus strictly on narrow subjects like manufacturing details or accessories. While still offering the technical details to satisfy the collector, Walter provides a comprehensive narrative history.\u003cbr\u003e Readers will learn of the initial collaboration between Borchardt and Georg J. Luger, who patented the design in 1898. Following initial adoption by the Swiss Army, design refinements convinced the Imperial German Navy to order the sidearm, while the US Army passed on it following field trials in favor of the Colt. Production ramped up for World War I and the gun became a prized trophy for Allied soldiers in both that conflict and World War II. (German soldiers, aware of their desirability, even used them as bait for booby traps.)\u003cbr\u003e Today, it is still desired by collectors both for its unique design and for its connection to the history of Nazi Germany, and Luger: The Story of the World's Most Famous Handgun tells how it came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Walter is a renowned authority on handguns and has published more than sixty books. He is one of the world's foremost experts on guns of the cartridge era. Walter has written for \u003ci\u003eGuns Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGun Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eShooter's Bible\u003c\/i\u003e. Walter lives in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167870062727,"sku":"9781510727281","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b417ebf3533571fd6aa80e5029d499b6.webp?v=1733331171","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/luger-the-story-of-the-worlds-most-famous-handgun-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}