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Haenel-like and Levallois magazines
The
chapter
"Haenel-Like
Magazine"
(page
138-139-140)
describes
the
magazine
model
used
in
Oberndorf
for
the
P08/LP08
made
from June 1945 until April 1946.
It
has
been
discussed
at
page
63,
that
150
Mauser
workers
moved
from
Oberndorf
to
Mulhouse,
among
them
Ludwig
Vorgrimler
(born
September
7,
1912,
in
Freiburg,
Germany;
died
1983)
that
was
also
deeply
involved
in
the
Parabellum
reintroduction
after
1969
mainly fighting with the new magazine production (see letter at page 70).
Most
of
the
Mauser
engineers
were
used
to
commute
every
day;
but
because
Oberndorf
is
around
150
Km
far
from
Mulhouse
some
of them moved with the family to the village of Müllheim that is only 30 Km far from Mulhouse.
The
Mauser
engineers
in
Mulhouse
received
the
task
of
describing
the
P08
magazine
production
with
blueprints
and
then
simplify
the
production to fulfill the needs of the French Army.
The
process
ends
with
the
production
of
the
Haenel-simplified
magazine
called
"Levallois"
and
deeply
described
from
page
141
till
146.
Some
additional
interesting
blueprints
describing
the
Haenel-like
magazine
study
in
Mulhouse
in
1948
are
now
available
(Mr.
Walter
Schmid archive (1925 - 2009, Oberndorf)).
Interesting to note that some of the blueprints still have the Mauser banner and they are bilingual (German and French).
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