Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Two World Wars: A Weimar Police C96 Mauser" video.

  1. In Interwar Germany 9 mm Parabellum was only allowed for the Schutzpolizei units. They had been organized in ,Hundertschaften' ( similar to companies) . They had been barracked . This units , similar to current ,Bereitschaftspolizei' had the task of riot police, crushing down uprisings of communists or nationalists, and support ordinary Ordnungspolizei or Kriminalpolizei ( Detectives) if a large number of policemen was necessary. The other handguns had been K98, Mp 18 ( 1 of 20 men) and few handgrenades, also few machineguns for use in armored ,Polizeisonderwagen'.
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  2.  @gregeoryl  : Don' t tell nonsense. In ,Weimar Republik' only paramilitary police ( Schutzpolizei) of the different states had been allowed to own pistols in 9mm Parabellum and MP 18, in a Hundertschaft ( police equivalent to military Kompanie) only one of twenty men had a MP, for other police units or even Reichswehr MP had been forbidden by Versailles treaty! Rural police ( Gendarmerie/ Landjäger) of the states, Town police of larger towns and Kriminalpolizei ( detectives branch) had been armed with pistols in 7,65 Browning/.32 ACP, the detectives or other civilian dressed law enforcement often only 6,35 Browning/.25 ACP . May be rural police had some 8x57 IS rifles to fight poachers, and may be there had been some flare guns. Postal Protektion, railway police , customs service and central Bank / Reichsbank had been payed by German Gouvernement, but as far as i know, also no 9mm Pistole. Prison and Court guards i don' t know, and forrestry officials had rifles and Drillinge, but pistols as service weapons, i don' t know. For Versailles reason, also the sabers had been regulated ( in late imperial/ early Weimar time not every german policeman / law enforce man had a baton/ truncheon). And Forrest officials had their traditional long ,Hirschfänger' knife. In addition to regular police, the towns and villages had relicts of , medieval police': Town criers , field guards and sometimes very last nightwatchmen.
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  3.  @gregeoryl  : MP 18 could only be used by paramilitary police. Some rifles, may be also other weapons had been hidden in small secret depots, or ,twin numbered', but as far as i know, it was after 1934, that all kind of organisations had been armed/ partly armed, mostly as, guards for important infrastructure. May be you mean this.
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