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hi

did they issue ppk's as a sidearm in the feldgendarmerie

as my dad was wondering would he be able to use a ppk as a sidearm as he is thinking of joining second battle group's feldgendarmerie unit lol

thanks

The PPK was not an issued weapon for the Feldgendarmerie - in 98% of cases it was the P38.

PPKs were used under 2 circumstances:
1. Officer's private purchase sidearm (normally 7.65mm)
2. Where OrPo units were absorbed wholesale into the Werhrmacht in the pre- and early war years, they came with all their weapons and uniforms; hence why you see some EM & NCOs with PPKs.

Now... on the whole OrPo units went to the Wehrmacht and not the SS. I've had a quick scout through my picture collection and for the SS photos I have, I can only identify officers as having PPKs. There are 2 where the image isn't clear enough to make an informed decision, but the holsters could be small enough.

I would say for an enlisted SS-Feldgendarm, stick with a P38.

thanks for the heads up

jochenpeiper wrote:thanks for the heads up

Hi mate , just get him to speak to our very own SS - Unterfurheranwarter carlsenn Der Feldgendarmerie , or Jeff to you he is the head of the FG in the SBG he will put him right as what is expected of us and what is to be worn

On hear Mr dave is the man that is all FG listen and learn




mike

Hennig wrote:

jochenpeiper wrote:thanks for the heads up

Hi mate , just get him to speak to our very own SS - Unterfurheranwarter carlsenn Der Feldgendarmerie

ss unterfartwarter what

hehe only j/king

will do

Feldjager wrote:The PPK was not an issued weapon for the Feldgendarmerie - in 98% of cases it was the P38.

There was only one small batch of P38's made for the police. Mauser had that order I think. They have a small police eagle on the frame. I have had one of these once upon a time. The order was far less tahn 10000 units. I think it was 3500-4500. But there are piles of police Luger holsters. And as most of them were not front line troops did they not get crappy 7.65's???

Kind regards
Enigma

Enigma wrote:

Feldjager wrote:The PPK was not an issued weapon for the Feldgendarmerie - in 98% of cases it was the P38.

There was only one small batch of P38's made for the police. Mauser had that order I think. They have a small police eagle on the frame. I have had one of these once upon a time. The order was far less tahn 10000 units. I think it was 3500-4500. But there are piles of police Luger holsters. And as most of them were not front line troops did they not get crappy 7.65's???

Kind regards
Enigma

True for the police, but not the Feldgendarmerie. Of all the FG soldbucher I've examined, the number witn a PPK or Luger as the issued weapons was very much the minority.