The Imperial Army shock troops (Stoßtruppen) were also equipped with this high fire-power weapon. On 3 June 1913, Emperor Wilhelm II personally accepted the long barrel version of the Parabellum P.08 pistol, Lange Pistole 08, as a weapon for artillery and flight crews. Wilhelm II was fond of the long-barrel DWM Modell 1902 pistol because it was relatively light and easy to handle, compared to a hunting rifle, for example. In the early 1900s, the German Emperor Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern, 1859-1941) participated in several hunting trips in the Schwarzwald forest (Black Forest), armed with a commercial long-barrel DWM Modell 1902 Pistolenkarabiner (Luger Carabine).
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