It is known as the 9×19 mm NATO, 9 mm Parabellum (German for “For War”) and most appropriately as the 9 mm Luger.
This moniker relates to the inventor of the cartridge: Georg Luger, also the inventor of the Luger pistol of World War I and World War II, made famous in the hands of the German army and a hugely popular war souvenir of both wars.
Luger brought out his pistol originally as a…