The buying public, however, favored the old DWM/Mauser style above the Swiss 06/29 style. In fact most parts, including the grips, can be exchanged between the Mauser Parabellum and the Swiss 06/29 without many problems. The first Parabellum type that was produced was very close in shape to the Swiss 06/29 and is referred to as the Mauser Parabellum model 29/70.
After 1986 no new major parts were made, but assembly of parts into guns and the sale of guns from supplies at hand lasted until 1999. Production of the major parts, from which guns were assembled and sold, lasted from 1969 until 1986. Parabellum manufacturing The manufacturing of the Parabellum pistol should be viewed in two parts. Joachim Görtz published a large part of this resume in his excellent book Die Pistole 08. Gminder by the daughter of August Weiss, so that Gminder could prepare a proper funeral speech.
Fortunately for us, August Weiss wrote a resume which was found in his papers by his daughter after he passed away. Several design improvements on the 1930s C/96 and the Model 1934 Mauser pocket pistols also bear his signature. He took on the role of foreman of handgun production at Mauser in Oberndorf and he kept that role until the liquidation of the company in 1948. Weiss personally worked on the first batches of pistols himself. August Weiss relocated to Oberndorf, initially to assist in setting up the Parabellum pistol production line, as the Mauser employees had difficulty getting a grip on the complexities of the Parabellum production. He was promoted to foreman of Parabellum pistol production and remained there until a move from Berlin to Oberndorf in 1930. August Weiss started his career under the supervision of Georg Luger at DWM in Berlin. When the Mauser engineers started analyzing the project, they were quite confident in a quick solution to the technical issues mainly because they had access to the original P08 blueprint drawings, saved from destruction 20 years earlier by August Weiss. It had taken 5 years of decision making, planning and calculating before Mauser finally committed itself to this new production adventure. The Mauser Parabellum Extracted from the book : “ The Parabellum is back! 1945 - 2000” Mauro Baudino & Gerben van Vlimmeren The announcement that the Mauser Parabellum would be back in production again was made on the 21st and 22nd of February 1967.
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