Walther kick-started the modern, safe-to-carry, quick-to-action duty and self-defense handgun market in 1929 when it introduced the “Polizei Pistole” (PP). Intended as a duty pistol for ...

In 1929, Walther succeeded in producing a workable single-/double-action (DA/SA) fire-control mechanism, bringing out the Model PP (Polizeipistole or police pistol). The PP featured an exposed ...

The Walther Polizei-Pistole, or PP, was the first double-action semi-automatic pistol. Unlike other semi-automatic handguns of the time, which were generally blocky or chunky looking, the PP was ...