In addition to the 9 mm Parabellum version, some 7.65x21mm Parabellum and some. 38 Super, but these were never mass-produced. Several experimental versions were later created in. After a few thousand pistols the Heer changed all codes from numbers to letters and Walther was given the "ac" code. The third series pistols satisfactorily solved the previous problems for the Heer and mass production began in mid-1940, using Walther's military production identification code "480". Walther began manufacture at their plant in Zella-Mehlis and produced three series of "Test" pistols, designated by a "0" prefix to the serial number. The P38 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of actual prototype ("Test") pistols did not begin until late 1939. The first designs submitted to the German Army featured a locked breech and a hidden hammer, but the Heer ( German Army) requested that it be redesigned with an external hammer. The P38 was developed from the Walther AP ( Armee Pistole/Army pistol). It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942.ĭevelopment File:Walther Model AP 1 AdamsGuns.jpg The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Walther arms as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Mauser Werke, Spreewerk
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