Walther P38

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Critic Rating

50%

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MSRP:

$280.99

Used Price:

$280.99 +0.00%

Sale Price:

$280.99 0.00%

Gun Stats

Range 10-50 yards

Accuracy 50 MOA

Capacity 8 + 1 rounds

Mobility 1984

Ergonomics 50

What to Know

Critic Consensus

It operation and ergonomics would go on to be the pattern for almost all major post-war Wondernines, including the Beretta 92 series that became the M9 service pistol of the United States armed forces. The P38s locking block even bears a striking resemblance to that of a later rifle, the Czechoslovakian vz. 58. Read critic reviews...

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Walther P38 Critic Reviews

Walther P38 Description

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 costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942. 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 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of prototype ("Test") pistols did not begin until late 1939. 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 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".