I think redlightrich has settled it.
One other point; it's more likely that any weapon used by Germany during WWII saw more action against Soviet troops, Polish soldiers, in Belgium and France, in the Middle East against the British, etc. then against American troops. Not to mention the many civilians of many nations who were murdered or executed.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a story about how somebody's relative took their wartime Luger off of a "German Officer", or off a soldier's corpse, I'd have a large stack of bills and the German Army likely never had that many officers. When the German Army surrendered, immense stacks of various weapons were collected. Many of the most portable weapons were stolen...or more politely, allowed to walk away as trophies of war.
There were also hundreds of thousands of the same (Lugers, Mausers, P-38s, etc. ) sold in the U.S. and internationally after the war as surplus that became instant trophies, with stories attached, once bought at a gun show or sold to a co-worker. Collectors know this, you buy the gun and not the story, unless there is paper attached.
tipoc
One other point; it's more likely that any weapon used by Germany during WWII saw more action against Soviet troops, Polish soldiers, in Belgium and France, in the Middle East against the British, etc. then against American troops. Not to mention the many civilians of many nations who were murdered or executed.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard a story about how somebody's relative took their wartime Luger off of a "German Officer", or off a soldier's corpse, I'd have a large stack of bills and the German Army likely never had that many officers. When the German Army surrendered, immense stacks of various weapons were collected. Many of the most portable weapons were stolen...or more politely, allowed to walk away as trophies of war.
There were also hundreds of thousands of the same (Lugers, Mausers, P-38s, etc. ) sold in the U.S. and internationally after the war as surplus that became instant trophies, with stories attached, once bought at a gun show or sold to a co-worker. Collectors know this, you buy the gun and not the story, unless there is paper attached.
tipoc