![]() The Walther Company had been briefly closed shortly after the conclusion of WWI because of the restrictive treaty of Versailles that disallowed the Germans from developing or manufacturing firearms. The P.38 was preceded by two prototypes the MP Militar Pistole and AP Armee Pistole, both of these designs were rejected by the German Army. Walther Waffenfabrik of Zella-Mehlis designed and developed the P.38. Other pistols issued to the German troops like the Belgium Browning Hi-Power and the Polish Radom were produced by forced labor in countries that the Nazis had occupied. The Germans used a large variety of handguns during WWII. The P.38 was issued to all branches of the German military during the war. ![]() The double action P.38 was much better suited for military use than the labor intensive Luger. Although the Luger continued to be manufactured during the Second World War, the P.38 was the predominant German pistol from 1940 to 1945. The Luger was actually the standard German pistol of World War One and issued in great numbers during that conflict. The Luger has often been recognized as the standard issue handgun of the German Wehrmacht. ![]() One of the most famous military pistols of all time is arguably the P.08 Luger. A wartime P.38 manufactured by the Walther Company (ac code) in 1942. ![]()
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