The full story of Germany's most successful handgun from its creation to the present day.

From the Maxim machine-gun to the Borchardt pistol --Adoption of the Luger in Switzerland : the first real success -- Trials and tribulations; progress at home and abroad -- Advent of the 9mm cartridge -- Luger in the commercial market -- New Model Luger pistols -- .45 Luger and the US Army trials of 1907 -- Military trials and commercial exploits of the New Model Luger-- Ultimate success : adoption of the Luger for the Germany Army -- Luger in the First World War 142 -- From the fall of the Kaiser to secret rearmament -- Commercial Lugers and accessories of the Weimar Republic -- Rise of Hitler, and Lugers of the Third Reich -- Second World War and the demise of the Luger -- New Luger : from Mauser-Jagdwaffen to Mitchell Arms