Georg Luger
German gun designer
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Georg Luger was an Austrian designer who improved upon Hugo Borchardt's self-loading pistol design. Luger's improvements led to the development of the 7.65-mm Parabellum pistol, later produced in a 9-mm caliber. This firearm, known as the Luger pistol, was first manufactured in 1900 and featured a distinctive toggle-joint breech mechanism. It became the standard pistol for the German armed forces from 1908 to 1938 and was also used by military forces in several other countries, including Switzerland and Turkey.12
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