bmwrdr wrote:surprise_i'm_armed wrote:That's kind of interesting that they call it the P8.
The classic Luger pistol was known as the P08, IIRC.
Was that because it was authorized in 1908?
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I don't know where the Luger naming came from but the “P8” is the military abbreviation for the modified USP. The predecessor was the Walther P38 which was abbreviated “P1”.
Pre-WWII German pistols tend to be classified by date of adoption: P08 = 1908, P38 = 1938. Post-WWII West German pistols are classified by model number adopted in series: Walther P1 (aluminum-frame P38), Walther P5, SIG P6 (220), HK P7, etc.