Parabellum?
What does the mean? Thank You for your time.
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for war, I believe, in latin... hence, the luger, which was desginated 'parabellum' is pistol for war.
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jonk is right. Parabellum comes from ancient Latin saying Si vis Pacem, Para bellum - if you want Peace, prepare for War.
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Definition: The original Latin of the expression "if you want peace prepare for war" comes from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius. The Latin is: "Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
Also Known As: Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Georg Luger named his pistol Parabellum (Prepare for war). In Europe, that is what it is called (or P.08). Only in this country (US) did the name Luger evolve for the pistol and that was a catch name trademarked by Stoger the importer.
There are two Parabellum calibers, 9mm Parabellum and 7.65 Parabellum. Both date from 1900 or slightly before.
Cruelty was a rare thing in the war. Fireside folks who talk about war and read about it, they figure it's cruel more often than not, but it simply isn't so... You kill in war to survive, and not because of any desire to kill.
Many men avoid battle not from cowardice but from fear of cowardice, fear that when the moment of truth comes they will not have the courage to face up to it. L'Amour0 -
PARABELLUM a meanieized latin phrase that has many meanings to the shooter and gun collector. based on the latin "si vis pacem, para bellum" ("if you want peace, prepare for war") and attributed to VEGETIUS 400 BC., the word parabellum is the protected trade name of MAUSER & DWM. in the U.S., the term is often used to designate exclusively the 9mm cartridge for wich the PISTOLE PARABELLUM (q.v.) is chambered. however the 7.65mm cartridge for wich this pistol has been chambered is seldom linked with the PARABELLUM name, wich is equally as incorrect since there are numerous similar, and therefore confusing, 7.65mm cartridges (THE BERGMANN NO.8, BORCHARDT, BROWNING, FRANCOTTE, FROMMER, GLISENTI, FRENCH LONG, MANNLICHER, ROTH-SAUR, and the PICKERT REVOLVER CARTRIDGE to name a few).. besides reffering to the 9mm pistol ammunition, PARABELLUM is used to describe the semiautomatic pistol refined by GEORG LUGER. during WWI and to a limited extent in WWII, the GERMAN ARMY used a PARABELLUM machine gun, basically a refined version of the MAXIM machine gun made by DWM.
PISTOLE PARABELLUM semiautomatic toggle-linkage pistol originally designed by BORCHARDT and later somewhat modified by GEORG (NO, NOT GEORGE, as some writers misspell it) LUGER. the first of these guns were introduced by DWM in 1898, were chambered for the 7.35mm parabellum cartridge. the 9mm parabellum cartridge was adopted for that pistol by the GERMAN ARMY in 1908, hence the gun is officialy known as PISTOLE `08 PARABELLUM. however, the name of GEORG LUGER has been linked to the gun such an extent that the gun is often called the "LUGER". that name is trademarked in the U.S. and its use restricted to those guns produced by the holder of the trademark, STOEGER ARMS CORP. a great many manufacturers made these guns over the years for numerous armies and collecting these pistols has become somewhat of a science. this pistol has seen much military use despite the fact that it is reletivly costly to produce and somewhat of a nightmare to maintain under combat conditions.
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