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Walther P-38
Type: Double Action
Chamber: 9x19mm Luger/para
Weight unloaded: 800 g
Length: 216 mm
Barrel length: 125 mm
Capacity: 8 rounds
When Hitler was preparing for war, the only Pistol besides a few others that the Germans had from WWI, was the Luger. The Germans liked the pistol, but it was too complicated and Unreliable. Carl Walther's company began working on a new pistol in mid-1930's, and in 1938 the Werhmacht (German Military) adopted Walther MP model experimental pistole as "Pistole 38". The P38 featured a recoil-operated, locked breech design with vertically tilting blocking bar that connected the short moving barrel and the slide. It also featured short, top-open slide and, first of the full-power military handguns in the world - the Double action trigger. It also featured manual safety, mounted on the left side of the slide, and loaded chamber indicator at the rear side of the slide. The gun was equipped with the slide catch at the left side of the frame. The frame and slide were all-steel, with blued or polished finish. The grip plates were plastic. The magazine catch was located at the bottom of the grip. After the war the restored Carl Walther Sportwaffen company introduced an aluminium-frame variant of P38, called the P1. This because the side arm of the West German Army (Bundeswehr). All in all, the P38 was much better than the Luger, it's accuracy was as good a the Luger, it was much less complicated and very rarely jammed in combat.
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