HSc rig, no less no more...

Gebirg,

FYI, I knew a Condor Legion pilot (Colonel) in 1970 who said, "If you wanted a badge of office you wore a P08. If you wanted a real & useful pistol you aquired and carried a PPK."

Fwiw, I agree. The PP & the PPK are NICE.

yours, sw

Skeptic49,

GOOD POINT. - A German officer in Spain would have been REALLY unpopular with the Republic-leaning forces/people, as the "republic folk" were at best socialists & at worst committed communists.

yours, sw

Skeptic49,

FYI, my beloved/adult daughter now would agree with the Warsaw Pact officers, as she has and is never without my little MAK. - She (and she is VERY "girly") says it's "just right for my pocket".
(When she decided that she needed a pistol due to coming/going from the campus at all hours, she didn't want "a pistol"; she wanted "daddy's pistol", so I gave it to her and bought a Sig P6.)

yours, sw