Luger P08
The Luger P08 is a semi automatic blowback operated toggle lock (kind of hard to explain but basically it means when the round is fired and the blowback happens the bolt of the firearm must overcome some sort of counterforce which is usually a spring) pistol. It was designed by Georg Luger the design was made in 1898 but production only started in 1908. It was meant as an improvement of the Borchardt pistol which is beliveable since they do look similar. The pistol first saw action in World War 1 but where it was issued to a number of fields in the German army ranging from the infantry ranks to the artillery crewman and navy personnel.The pistol fires the 9x19mm Parabellum and the muzzle velocity was 350 m/s. The effective firing range is 50 m, it weights about 87 dkg and the magazine holds 8 rounds (the 8rounds were pretty standard for the time for some reason only Browning wanted 7 in the 1911). The mechanincs of the pistol are not as simple as the previuous ones. When a round is fired the blowback pushes an arm like thing backwards this preforms the loading and the extraction of the rounds. The spring at the end of this arm is what later pushes it foward to chamber a round. Basically what you have to imagine is and arm on top of the pistol which bends every time a round if fired. This helped with keeping the pistol clean from mud since there was no part that was really sensitive facing towards the ground but also raised its own problems which in my opinion outweight the positives. The first problem was the require for hand assembly with certain parts becouse if it was only made from a sideplate it could cause the pistol to be rendered inoperable. Second problem with the pistol was with the ammunition. If the pistol did not fire the cartridge it was produced specificly for the pistol it could not cycle the action since other 9x19mm cartridges did not produce enough backforce to work the toggle lock action. Also the pistol did not have any slide release acssesable by the shooters thumb which increased load times. And lastly this is sort of my personal prefernce but im sure a lot of people would agree. When the shooter aims down the sights and fires the arm coming up completly blocks the line of sight of the target. Even if its only for a split second it could be annoying especially if the shooter wants to fire rapidly. The pistol had several attachments for mainly officers during both World Wars. There was a longer barrel which incrased the muzzle velocity to 400 m/s which meant a longer effective range. There was a stock that could be attached to the handle of the pistol so the shooter can shoulder it for a more stable aim. And there was a 32 round drum magazine for it which was never truly fieldtested since it was intended for an automatic version of the Luger but the C96 was the weapon of choiche for automatiziaton for World War 1. During World War 2 the pistol was carried by the ranks as well as the officers in the nazi army but mainly the ranks since by 1942 they stopped the production of the pistol and replaced by the much cheaper Walther P38.
I think the Luger in Hidden and Dangerous 2 in terms of modelling is accurate however the reload animation is incorrect since the soldier doesnt chamber a round by grabbing the arm and pulling it backwards, that happens automaticly in the game.
Thank You for reading, in my personal opininon the Luger is not a bad pistol but not a good one either. Its expensive and slow production doesnt make it better than the allied semi automatic pistols plus its interesting design is complicated and gives multiple disadventeges to the pistol. The allied semi automatic pistols are better.