 The armed forces never made wide spread use of this modified pistols in the first world war, most of them reaching only prototype state.The german solution came out as the Luger P08 "Artillery Pistol" with its long barrel, tangent sights, detachable stock and 32-round drum magazine.It was issued to primarily German field and mobile artillery crews who needed a self-defence weapon, lighter than a rifle but more effective than a standard pistol.