Walther HP
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The Walther HP was a pre-war commercial version of what would later become the Walther P 38
, about 30,000 Walther HP pistols were produced. The vast majority were chambered in 9 x 19 mm, but several hundred were also produced in .30 Luger and are very rare and desirable today.
The Walther HP was exported to Sweden in 1939 were it was adopted as the new service pistol (as Pistol m/39) of the Swedish Armed Forces
. At the outbreak of World War II sales of the pistol were stopped after only 1500 pistols had been delivered so the Lahti L-35
was adopted instead.
Walther P 38
The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Walther as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II...
, about 30,000 Walther HP pistols were produced. The vast majority were chambered in 9 x 19 mm, but several hundred were also produced in .30 Luger and are very rare and desirable today.
The Walther HP was exported to Sweden in 1939 were it was adopted as the new service pistol (as Pistol m/39) of the Swedish Armed Forces
Swedish Armed Forces
The Swedish Armed Forces is a Swedish Government Agency responsible for the operation of the armed forces of the Realm. The primary task of the agency is to train, organize and to deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the Realm in the...
. At the outbreak of World War II sales of the pistol were stopped after only 1500 pistols had been delivered so the Lahti L-35
Lahti L-35
Lahti L-35 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Finnish Aimo Lahti that was produced between 1935 and 1952. About 9000 pistols were made in four production series....
was adopted instead.