 Under a small contract, LP 08 or Artillery P08s were assembled in the 1930s to fill an order from the Shah of Iran for his artillery troops, with some of these weapons ending up with Thai police forces.Existing LP 08 pistols that had remained in storage were re-issued in WWII with new-production board stocks for some German units such as artillerymen and Waffen SS units, and these continued in use until the end of the war in 1945.The M1906 was an attempt to make a full-powered semi-automatic rifle using the same toggle-bolt action of the pistol.