Walther HP

Walther HP
Type Semi-automatic pistol
Place of origin  Germany
Service history
Used by Swedish Armed Forces
Production history
No. built 30,000
Specifications
Caliber 9×19mm
7.65×21mm Parabellum (very rare)
Feed system Detachable 8 round single-stack magazine
Sights Blade front sight, non-adjustable notch rear sight

The Walther HP (Heerespistole) was a pre-war commercial version of what would later become the Walther P 38.

Description

About 30,000 Walther HP pistols were produced. The vast majority were chambered in 9×19mm, 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 where 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 Husqvarna m/40 was adopted instead.[1]

References

  1. Reichert, Orv. "P.38 variations". Pistole38.nl. Retrieved December 4, 2009.
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