byf42

Total production of the 1942 byf guns is 700 pieces.

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byf43

Total production of the 1943 byf guns is 144.300 pieces.

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byf44

Total production of the 1944 byf guns is 145.000 pieces.

Coll. E.H. van Essen

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SVW 45/46

The 1945 production includes slide codes byf44-ac43-SVW45 and ac44.

The ac coded examples have FN slides and appear before and with the SVW45 slide.

Total production of the 1945 guns is probably 33.000 pieces.

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French SVW45

The Mauser code was changed from 1945 to "SVW45".  This code can also be seen on several thousand post war French assemble P38s. Typical for the French P.38s is the "star proof" which served as a pressure test proofmark and not as an acceptance stamp. It can be found on the same places as the German proofmark.

Total production of the French 1945/1946 guns is probably 35.000 pieces.

Coll. Leon DeSpain

Coll.Ron Clarin

 

 

Mauser P.38 Production With Phosphate Frames, Slides & Barrels

All statistics are based on data compiled by Orv Reichert. Chart compiled and presented by Leon DeSpain.

Excel format assistance by Ron Clarin. PDF formatting by Jonathan Bos.

 

German soldier with a P38 in his belt.