German munitions companies DWM, Geco (Gustav Genschow & Co.) and RWS (Rheinische-Westfälische Sprengstoff AG) made this round through World War II.

[2] In Italy, the round was manufactured at the Giulio Fiocchi plant in Lecco, both during World War II for military purposes and in the 1950s and 1960s for limited commercial sale.

Mauser C96 pistols in this caliber usually have an indentation milled into the upper surface of the magazine's follower to facilitate feeding of the straight-cased 9×25mm cartridge cases.

[4] As the German Army seemed to show more official interest in DWM's P-08 Luger pistol than in their C-96, Mauser developed a new design in hopes of competing more successfully.

This firearm had a similar layout to the C-96, with the magazine situated in front of the trigger group (although in the case of the C/06-08 this was detachable, coming in 6, 10 or 15 round capacities), but it used a flapper locking system that was considerably different.

The pistol generated interest in some quarters, including with the German and Brazilian armies, but was never manufactured for commercial sale, and today only a few examples exist as museum or collector's pieces.

As Germany was restricted by the Treaty of Versailles from manufacturing certain small arms, it outsourced production to companies in other countries, including Belgium and Switzerland.

[6] The Steyr-Solothurn S17-100 was a direct-blowback submachine gun in 9×25mm Mauser that was intended to be mounted on a tripod or vehicle, but did not see wider adoption in the armed services.

[10] SIG automatic carbine models MKMO, MKMS, MKPO and MKPS were produced in Switzerland from 1933 until 1942 with 9×25mm Mauser caliber as an option.

The .38 Super data may possibly be more consistent with the original factory loading, as these had a claimed muzzle velocity of approximately 1,362 fps with a 128 gr bullet.

Failure of this part due to weak recoil springs may cause the bolt to fly back out of the barrel extension into the shooter's face.