sentences:  Borchardt's assistant at the time, Georg Luger, also claimed to have influenced its design.Machine tool manufacturer Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin, Germany, produced the C-93 in anticipation of military orders.With about 1,100 manufactured by Loewe and nearly 2,000 more produced by Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken, the Borchardt C-93 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic pistol.