Walther PPK (NRA Museums image). Because of its popularity, the PP was chambered in other calibers ... After World War II, Fritz escaped the Soviets in East Germany, eventually setting up shop ...

The first double-action pistol that really worked, the Walther PP (for Polizei Pistole ... they were actually marked “Made in W. Germany.” This is one classy vintage rimfire pistol.

he was presented with a gift from German firearms manufacturer Carl Walther: an engraved gold Walther PP. The PP (or Polizeipistole) was one of the world’s first successful double-action ...

Germany invented a pistol that proved a quantum leap over anything then currently in production. The Walther Polizei-Pistole, or PP, was the first double-action semi-automatic pistol. Unlike other ...

Its development began in the early 1930s, when a cash-strapped German army looked to replace the elegant but expensive Luger. The Carl Walther firm responded with a larger version of its PP (Poliz ...

It was designed and purpose-built for the Italian military and it is easy to see the influence from the German Walther PP pistols in this design. The model was followed by the M1935, which was ...

So rather than hope for the best, we wanted to do this properly.” A German Walther PP 7.65-mm. handgun donated to the museum by relatives of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William P. Levine — one of the ...

A high-ranking Nazi officer who helped develop a mobile gas chamber became a spy for West Germany after World War II, archives have revealed. Former SS officer Walther Rauff worked for West German ...