Walther P38 Serial Numbers Date

Walther: The zero-serie. The 0-Series was the first official P38 variation issued to the German army.This variation is produced between june 1939 and may 1940. Serial numbers of this variation always start with a 0, hence the name 0-Series. Sep 26, 2011 walther p38 serial number date, walther p38 serial number lookup, walther p38 serial number search, walther p38 serial numbers. Click on a term to search for related topics. Thread Tools: Show Printable Version. Email this Page. Display Modes: Linear Mode. Switch to Hybrid Mode.

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Walther P38
Type	Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin	Germany
Service history
In service	1938–present
Used by	See Users
Wars	World War II^[1] Indochina War^[2] Algerian War^[2] Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War (Limited)^[3] War in Afghanistan Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017) (P1)
Production history
Designed	1938
Manufacturer	Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Mauser Werke, Spreewerk
Unit cost	32 RM (1943) 110 EUR current equivalent
Produced	Walther P38 1939-1945 Pistole P1 1957-2000
No. built	~1,000,000 ^[1]
Variants	HP, P1, P38K, P38 SD, P4
Specifications
Length	216 mm (8.5 in)
Barrel length	125 mm (4.9 in)
Cartridge	9×19mm Parabellum
Caliber	0.355 inches (9.0 mm)^[4]
Action	Short recoil, locked breech
Muzzle velocity	1,050 ft/s (320 m/s)^[5]
Effective firing range	Sights set for 50 m (55 yd)
Maximum firing range	55 yards (50 m)^[6]
Feed system	8-round magazine
Sights	Rear notch and front blade post

The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mmsemi-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.

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Development[edit]

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 actual 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'. After a few thousand pistols the Heer changed all codes from numbers to letters and Walther was given the 'ac' code.^{[citation needed]}

Several experimental versions were later created in .45 ACP, and .38 Super, but these were never mass-produced. In addition to the 9×19mm Parabellum version, some 7.65×21mm Parabellum and some .22 Long Rifle versions were also manufactured and sold.

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Design details[edit]

From an engineering perspective the P38 was a semi-automatic pistol design that introduced technical features that are found in other semi-automatic pistols like the Beretta 92 and its M9 sub-variant adopted by the United States military.

The P38 was the first locked-breech pistol to use a double-action/single-action (DA/SA) trigger (the earlier double-action PPK was an unlocked blowback design, but the more powerful 9×19mm Parabellum round used in the P38 mandated a locked breech design). The shooter could chamber a round, use the safety-decocking lever to safely lower the hammer without firing the round, and carry the weapon loaded. This lever can stay down, keeping the pistol 'on safe' or be immediately returned to the straight position, keeping the weapon safely 'ready' with a double-action trigger pull for the first shot. Pulling the trigger cocks the hammer before firing the first shot with double-action operation. The firing mechanism extracts and ejects the first spent round, cocks the hammer, and chambers a fresh round for single-action operation with each subsequent shot – all features found in many modern day handguns. Besides a DA/SA trigger design similar to that of the earlier Walther PPKs the P38 features a visible and tactile loaded chamber indicator in the form of a metal rod that protrudes out of the top rear end of the slide when a round is present in the chamber.^[7]

P38 made by Mauser, coded 'byf 44' with matching presstoff and leather holster

The moving-barrel design mechanism operates by use of a wedge-shaped falling locking block underneath the breech. When the pistol is fired both the barrel and slide recoil for a short distance together, where the locking block drives down, disengaging the slide and arresting further rearward movement of the barrel. The slide however continues its rearward movement on the frame, ejecting the spent case and cocking the hammer before reaching the end of travel. Two return springs located on either side of the frame and below the slide, having been compressed by the slide's rearward movement, drive the slide forward, stripping a new round from the magazine, driving it into the breech and, in the process, re-engaging the barrel; ending its return travel with a fresh round chambered, hammer cocked and ready to repeat the process. The falling locking block design provides good accuracy due to the in-line travel of the barrel and slide.

Initial production P38 pistols were fitted with walnut grips, but these were later supplanted by Bakelite grips.^[8]Post war P1 grips were made of sheet metal.

Variants[edit]

The Walther P38 was in production from 1939 to 1945.^[9] After the war from 1945-1946, several thousands of pistols were assembled for the French armed forces^[2](frequently dubbed 'grey ghosts' because of parkerized finish and grey sheet metal grips). Only after 1957 was the P38 again produced for the German military. Slowly over time, West Germany desired to rebuild its military so that it could shoulder some of the burden for its own defense. Walther retooled for new P38 production since no military firearms production had occurred in West Germany since the end of the war, knowing that the military would again seek Walther firearms. When the Bundeswehr announced it wanted the P38 for its official service pistol, Walther readily resumed P38 production within just two years, using wartime pistols as models and new engineering drawings and machine tools. The first of the new P38s were delivered to the West German military in June 1957, some 17 years and two months after the pistol had initially seen action in World War II, and from 1957 to 1963 the P38 was again the standard sidearm.

P1[edit]

The P1 used by the Bundeswehr

In late 1963 the postwar military model P1 was adopted for use by the German military, identifiable by the P1 stamping on the slide. The postwar pistols, whether marked as P38 or P1, have an aluminum frame rather than the steel frame of the original design. Starting in June 1975, the aluminum frame was reinforced with a hex bolt above the trigger guard.

During the 1990s the German military started replacing the P1 with the P8 pistol and finally phased out the P1 in 2004.

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P4[edit]

An improved version of the P38, the Walther P4, was developed in the late 1970s and was adopted by the police forces of South Africa, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg.

Users[edit]

Afghanistan: Afghan National Police received 10,000 P1s after the fall of the Talibans^[10]
Algeria^[11]
Argentina (trial purposes)^[12]
Austria^[13]
Canada: Used by the prisoner transport services of the Correctional Service Canada until the late 1980's. P1 Variant
Chad: P1 variant.^[13]
Chile: Chilean Army.^[14]
Independent State of Croatia^[15]
East Germany: Used primarily by police and paramilitary.^[16]
Finland: Finnish UN peacekeeping forces, P1 variant.^[17]
France: Replaced by the mid-1950s.^[1]
Germany: P1 variant.^[13]
Hungary^[15]
Italy^[15]
Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan received 8,000 P1 pistols in 2014^[18]
Japan^[15]
Kazakhstan - at least up to 2007 were used as service pistol in private security companies^[19]
Lebanon^[13]
North Macedonia: P1 variant.^[13]
Mozambique^[13]
Nazi Germany^[14]
North Korea^{[citation needed]}
North Vietnam^[3]
Norway: Norwegian Armed Forces.^[20] Replaced by the P80 in 1985^[21]
Pakistan:Used by Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Army Medical Corps. In small numbers purchased from West Germany
Portugal: Portuguese Army.^[14]
South Africa: Standard sidearm of SA Police.^[22]
Sweden: HP variant.^[23]
West Germany^[14]
Yugoslav Partisans^[24]