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Baroque Bloke |
I knew about the Walther P5, the SIG P6, and the H & K P7. What were the P1 through P4 pistols? Serious about crackers | ||
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Member |
Maj. George C. Nonte said P1= Walther P38 P2= SIG P210 P3= Astra 600 P4= Walther P38 Kurz | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
I thank you. The Astra 600 really surprised me.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Pipe Smoker, Serious about crackers | |||
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Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
At least in theory, the Astra kinda makes sense. The Spanish provided the Germans with a whole bunch of .32s and .380s during WWII, the Spanish manufacturing plants were undamaged and in operation after the war, and there was a heck of a relationship between Spain and Germany that predated WWII - which, I think, explains the exodus of German engineers to Spain to begin developing what would eventually become the H&K G3. | |||
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Get my pies outta the oven! |
yep. When I was stationed in Germany in mid-90's, the Bundeswehr was still using the P1, basically an upgraded version of the P38 which would be like the US Army still using the M1911. | |||
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SIG-Sauer Anthropologist |
The P4 was/is an improved P1 with a different slide construction, a decocker instead of a safety and the Barrel is slightly shorter but different from a P38k. P8 = HK USP P9 = Glock 17 P10 = HK USPk P11 = HK Underwater Pistol P12 = HK USP 45 | |||
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And also there is no chamber loaded indicator (a pin which protrudes from the top rear of the slide above the firing pin--called a "Signalstift" in German). The Signalstift is found on WWII/Post War P.38s and on P1s. The hammer is bobbed somewhat on the P4 as well. | |||
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Baroque Bloke |
P11, HK Underwater Pistol. Just what I always wanted. The HK UWP, I guess. https://www.militaryfactory.co...asp?smallarms_id=997 Serious about crackers | |||
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