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Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Mauser Werke, Spreewerk
Unit cost
30 ℛ︁ℳ︁ (1943) equivalent to €120 in 2021
Produced
Walther P38 1939–1945 Pistole P1 1957–2000
No. built
c. 1,000,000[1]
Variants
HP, P1, P38K, P38 SD, P4
Specifications
Mass
960 g (34 oz) (empty)[5]
Length
216 mm (8.5 in)
Barrel length
125 mm (4.9 in)
Height
140 mm (5.5 in)
Cartridge
9×19mm Parabellum
Action
Short recoil, hinged locking piece assisted breechblock
Rate of fire
116 rpm (semi-automatic)
Muzzle velocity
1,050 ft/s (320 m/s)[6][full citation needed]
Effective firing range
Sights set for 50 metres (55 yd)[6]
Feed system
8-round magazine
Sights
Rear notch and front blade post
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 P38 once World War II started took longer than expected, leading to the P08 remaining in production until September 1942 and copies remained in service until the end of the war.[7]
^ abDonald, David (1998). Bishop, Chris (ed.). Guns in Combat. Edison, NJ: Chartwell Books. ISBN 0-7858-0844-2.
^ ab"L'armement français en A.F.N." Gazette des Armes (in French). No. 220. March 1992. pp. 12–16.
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^Scarlata, Paul (25 October 2010). "The Walther P-38". Shooting Times.
^ abLudeke, Alexander (2007). Weapons of World War II. New York City: Parragon Books. ISBN 978-1-40549-489-2.
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