Lugers in Thailand: The Siamese Artillery Luger (Ad-Free)
Added 2024-04-13 12:00:04 +0000 UTCIn 1936 and 1937, Siam purchased a batch of several hundred new Luger pistols for the Bangkok Police, including 100 long-barreled lP08 Artillery Lugers. These were new production gun, but made with surplus WW1-era barrels, sights, and stocks. The Siamese serial numbers range from 3450v to 3553v. The guns are standard Mauser production, all dated 1936, similar to the purchases by Persia and Turkey around the same time. The one distinctive marking on the Siamese contract are local rack numbers added to the back oft he frame some time after World War Two - a circled lion’s head emblem and a 3-digit Thai number (this example translates to #278). Those rack numbers are not exclusive to the 1936 Lugers, as they are also seen on other pistols in Bangkok police service.
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Thanks/Kokunkur for sharing! 🙏🇹🇭🇺🇸 Sawatdeekur!
Christian D. Orr
2024-04-14 14:04:14 +0000 UTCthat one was shipped to SE asia?! looks to be in an outstanding shape for its age. especially in asian climate.
Guido Schriewer
2024-04-13 19:18:04 +0000 UTCabsolutely. agreed. a stocked pistol for a cop DOES make sense. heck they keep tinckering with the idea to this day. how many stock things are out there for glocks? from REAL basic skeleton over a flux brace to a pistol carbine conversion. all the way from broomhandels and the 08 (actually WAY older than those).
Guido Schriewer
2024-04-13 19:14:23 +0000 UTC
