Key facts
- Type
- Semi-automatic pistol
- Place of origin
- Weimar Republic
- In service
- 1929–present
- Used by
- See Users
- Wars
- Chaco War Spanish Civil War World War II Cold War The Troubles Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War Lebanese Civil War Gulf War Iraq War ( Operation Telic ) Syrian Civil War
- Designer
- Carl Walther Waffenfabrik
- Manufacturer
- Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen
- Produced
- 1929–2025
- Variants
- See Variants
- Mass
- 675 g (23.8 oz) (.22 LR) 660 g (23 oz) (.32 ACP) 665 g (23.5 oz) (.380 ACP) 850 g (30 oz) (9×18mm Ultra)
- Length
- 170 mm (6.7 in)
- Barrel length
- 98 mm (3.9 in)
- Width
- 30 mm (1.2 in)
- Height
- 109 mm (4.3 in)
- Cartridge
- 9×18mm Ultra .22 Long Rifle .25 ACP .32 ACP .380 ACP
- Action
- Straight blowback
- Muzzle velocity
- 305 m/s (1,000.7 ft/s) (.22 LR) 320 m/s (1,049.9 ft/s) (.32 ACP) 256 m/s (840 ft/s) (.380 ACP) 320 m/s (1,050 ft/s) (9×18mm Ultra)
- Feed system
- Magazine capacity: 10 (.22 LR) 8 (.32 ACP) 7 (.380 ACP and 9×18mm Ultra)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Walther PP (German: Polizeipistole, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.
Design
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