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The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-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 comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible ...
The Mauser pistol took about 30% fewer working hours and about 20% less raw material to produce than the P38. Testing took place at the end of 1944 which revealed issues with the double-action trigger pull. Mauser started working on new models but it is unclear if any were completed by the end of the war.
Mauser-Werke: 7.92×57mm Mauser - Mauser self-loading rifle design tested in 1941, not accepted for service. Gewehr 41(W) Carl Walther GmbH: 7.92×57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: Walther self-loading rifle adopted as standard in 1942 but superseded by improved Gewehr 43. - Gewehr 43 Sniper Rifle: Carl Walther GmBH: 7.92x57mm Mauser: Wehrmacht Waffen-SS
France: The French occupied and operated the Mauser factory 1945–46, then seized remaining Mauser parts stocks to assemble approximately 4,000 Luger pistols for French forces [69] Germany [84] German Empire [46] Weimar Republic [46] Nazi Germany [46] East Germany: Used until the 1960s by the Volkspolizei [35] and Stasi agents. A small number ...
The Mauser Model 1895 adopted as Fusil Mauser Chileno Mo 1895 [17] by Chilean forces, is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It is the first major modification of the Mauser Model 1893 and was produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken, known as DWM, and Ludwig Loewe Company from 1895 to 1900.
Walther designed the Volkssturmgewehr VG 1 rifle, Spreewerk Berlin the VG 2, Rheinmetall the VG 3, Mauser the VG 4 and Steyr the VG 5 (a.k.a. VK 98). Best known is the Volkssturmgewehr by Gustloff which was a gas-delayed blowback semi-automatic rifle.
Mauser-made Walther P38 coded "byf 43" with mixed material leather and Presstoff holster made by Lederwarenfabrik Moll, coded cxb 4 (for 1944) References
It has a ten-round non-detachable magazine loaded from Mauser stripper clips. The safety lever is located on the right side of the receiver, just above the trigger. The rifle has a Mauser-style tangent leaf rear sight graduated from 300 to 2,000 m (330 to 2,190 yd). The bayonet lug accepts a standard Polish issue wz.