The M30 was a Normaldrilling ("normal Drilling") or klassischer Drilling ("classic Drilling"), a type of combination gun with two shotgun barrels and one rifle barrel, which became popular with European hunters in the 1900s or so: Drillings had existed earlier, but prior to the introduction of affordable and reliable cast steel gun barrels in the late 19th century they were either prohibitively expensive or too heavy and unwieldy to see much use. They were procured outside of normal military channels and so the military versions were made to the same standards of fit and finish as the commercial version, making the M30 extremely expensive. It is thought that Hermann Goering's decision to order the weapon was influenced by his personal fondness for hunting. The specific gun that was adopted as the M30 had been marketed to hunters starting in 1930 (hence the name), and the military iteration of the M30 was produced from 1941 to 1942. It was issued as a survival weapon to Luftwaffe air crews, primarily during the North Africa campaign. The M30 Luftwaffe Drilling ("Drilling" meaning "triplet") was a Drilling-type combination gun produced by JP Sauer & Sohn, notable for seeing military use by the German Luftwaffe in World War II. M30 Luftwaffe Drilling - 12 gauge & 9.3x74mmR
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