Volkspistole
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The Volkspistole was an emergency German
pistol design that was assembled from simple steel pressings with a minimum of machined parts. Only prototypes were produced before the end of World War II
. These prototypes had an unusual locking system that directed the propellant gases forward to retard the barrel until the bullet had left the muzzle. Some prototypes were also manufactured by Walther and the Gustloff-Werke. These prototypes had slightly different actions.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
pistol design that was assembled from simple steel pressings with a minimum of machined parts. Only prototypes were produced before the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. These prototypes had an unusual locking system that directed the propellant gases forward to retard the barrel until the bullet had left the muzzle. Some prototypes were also manufactured by Walther and the Gustloff-Werke. These prototypes had slightly different actions.