P 08 model 1900 /American Eagle/
| Weapon name | P 08 model 1900 /American Eagle/ |
| Weapon type | Automatic pistol |
| Place of origin | Germany  |
| Designer | Georg Johann Luger |
| Manufactured | from 1900 |
| Manufacturer | DWM |
| Made | from 1900-1919 75,000 units made |
Technical parameters
| Weight | 870 g empty |
| Length | 223 mm |
| Barrel length | 120 mm |
| Type of round | 7,65 x 21 mm Luger, 9 x 19 mm luger |
| Calibre | 7,65 mm, 9 mm |
| Muzzle velocity | for 7,65 mm cca. 360m/s, for 9 mm from 320-430m/s |
| Magazine | 8-round clip magazine |
Weapon description
P 08 model 1900 /American Eagle/, manufactured by DWM – Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken, calibre 7,65 mm Luger, made approximately in 1906 (made during 1900-1919), eight rounds (magazine capacity).
The gun has the correct designation for this type of weapon exported to the United States. The pistol is marked with the DWM manufacturer’s logo on the top of the slide and the American National Eagle on the top of the frame behind the barrel. The last three digits of the serial number are stamped on the end of the articulated bolt behind the sight. The left side of the gun is unmarked. On the right side of the frame near the barrel are the Austrian verification marks of the Vienna testing facility in the shape of the letters NPV (weapon tested with smokeless powder after 1899) and a stylized eagle with the numeral 2 (weapon tested with black powder after 1945). These two marks are also found on the lower part of the barrel above the serial number and on the frame of the weapon below the barrel.
The full serial number is stamped on the underside of the barrel near the weapon body. The full serial number is also stamped on the weapon body below the muzzle with an additional serial number stamped in Austria with the word GERMANY to indicate the country of origin of the weapon imported into the USA.
The weapon has wooden milled grips with herringbone, corresponding to the given type of weapon, the last two digits of the serial number are stamped on the inside of the grips. Magazine with plastic base is missing the number corresponding to the design of the weapon year of manufacture.