7.65 mm Luger Parabellum

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The 7.65 mm Parabellum (also known as .30 Luger and 7.65mm Luger) was a pistol cartridge introduced in 1898 by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken (DWM) for their new Pistol Parabellum. The primary designers were firearms designers Georg Luger and Hugo Borchardt, who developed the round from the earlier 7.65 mm Borchardt while working at DWM.

Contents

1 Design
2 Performance

2.1 Muzzle velocity

3 Notes
4 Synonyms
5 See also

Design

Georg Luger developed the 7.65 mm cartridge from earlier 7.65 mm rounds. As mentioned, it was used in the DWM Pistole-Parabellum ('Luger pistol'). This was further developed into 9 mm Parabellum, essentially the cartridge case was straightened to accept a 9mm bullet instead of being bottlenecked to receive the smaller 7.65 bullet.

Performance

The rimless cartridge uses a 6 g (90 gr) full metal jacket bullet with a flat trajectory and moderate recoil, but poor stopping power. Its main advantages lie in its small size and good accuracy and low use of resources for manufacturing. Its main disadvantages are its overpenetration and poor energy transfer to the target.

Muzzle velocity

6 g (90 gr) full metal jacket: 365 m/s (1200 ft/s)

Notes

Considered as too weak by the German army it was replaced by the 9 mm Luger cartridge.

Not to be confused with the 7.65mm Browning cartridge or the .32 S&W Long, both of which differ slightly in length from the 7.65 mm Luger.

Synonyms