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The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible ...
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Former models. Walther P38 - The Mauser plant in Oberndorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany was captured in April 1945 by the French military. With the captured machines and parts of the Walther P.38 pistols manufactured at this plant kept as war reparations, the French firm Manurhin manufactured these pistols between June 1945 and 1946 in contravention of previously agreed upon Allied regulations.
Walther P22: Carl Walther GmbH.22 Long Rifle Germany: 2002–present Walther P38: Carl Walther GmbH: 9×19mm Parabellum Nazi Germany: 1939–1945 (Walther P38) 1957–2000 (Pistole P1) Walther P88: Carl Walther GmbH: 9×19mm Parabellum West Germany: c.1987/1988-1996 (P88 standard) 1992–2000 (P88 Compact) Walther P99: Carl Walther GmbH: 9× ...
Walther OSP: Carl Walther GmbH.22 Short Germany: 1992 Walther P5: Carl Walther GmbH: 7.65×21mm Parabellum 9×19mm Parabellum 9×21mm IMI West Germany: 1970s Walther P22: Carl Walther GmbH.22 Long Rifle Germany: 1996 Walther P38: Carl Walther GmbH: 9×19mm Parabellum Nazi Germany: 1938 Walther P88: Carl Walther GmbH: 9×19mm Parabellum West ...
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The sales of the standard model started in 1988 for the 50th anniversary of the legendary Walther P38. The Walther P88 also took part in the 1990 Bundeswehr pistol tests held by WTD91 military technical department. Again, it was rejected due to a lack of manual safety. [10] [11] In 1996, Walther discontinued the standard version.
The German Walther company is known as Carl Walther GmbH. In 1999, the U.S.-based Smith & Wesson company became the authorized importer for Walther Firearms. [5] In 2012, the PW Group formed a new subsidiary, Walther Arms, Inc., located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to take over the distribution of Walther arms in the United States.