In 1929, Walther succeeded in producing a workable single-/double-action (DA/SA) fire-control mechanism, bringing out the Model PP (Polizeipistole or police pistol).

A German Walther PP 7.65-mm. handgun donated to the museum by relatives of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William P. Levine — one of the highest-ranking Jewish generals in American history — is currently ...

It was commissioned by German leaders to present to King Carol II of ... 1940), as World War II began. “It is the earliest known factory engraved Walther Mod. PP pistol and displays all the ...

The PP (or Polizeipistole) was one of the world’s first successful double-action, semi-automatic pistols. Walther began mass production of the weapon in 1929, but Hitler adopted it for use by ...

It was designed and purpose-built for the Italian military and it is easy to see the influence from the German Walther PP pistols in this design. The model was followed by the M1935, which was ...

That led in 1929 to the PP (Polizeipistole, or police pistol), a blowback-operated semi-automatic pistol that has remained in near-constant use since it was introduced.

So, it was decided not to adopt Soviet reincarnation of the German Walther PP and not to send it into mass-production. Soviet officers were left with Nagan revolvers and TT pistols to fight the Nazis.

During the pistol’s brief lifespan between 1938 and 1945, a high percentage went to the German army, air force, police and the Nazi party. Some 250,000 were built in total. Values on 38Hs vary ...

The Walther P-38 arguably supplants even the infamous Luger P.08 as the definitive German pistol of the 20th century. Its development began in the early 1930s, when a cash-strapped German army ...

Romania's King Carol II was gifted the Walther Model PP pistol by Germany's leaders prior to World War II. It could fetch up to $140,000 at auction.