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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 6 Bibliography

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. The 7.65 mm Luger cartridge uses a shorter cartridge case than the 7.65 mm Borchardt, 7.63 x 25 mm Mauser, and 7.62x25 Tokarev cartridges, which are the about same length.

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.

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

Considered as too weak by the German army it was replaced by the 9 mm Luger cartridge, which was created by removing the bottleneck of the 7.65 mm Luger cartridge resulting in a tapered rimless cartridge.

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

The 7.62x25 Tokarev is directly descended from the 7.63x25 Mauser^{[citation needed]}, but operates at a slightly higher pressure level.

• .30 Luger
• 7.65 mm Luger
• 7.65 x 21 mm
• 7.65 x 21 mm Luger
• 7.65 x 22 mm
• 7.65 mm Parabellum
• 7.65 mm Para

• 7 mm caliber

Barnes, Frank C CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD 3rd Edition pgs 153, 177 1972 Digest Books, ISBN 0-695-80326-3