Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Produced: 1929-Present
Caliber: 9x17 mm (.380 Auto)
Action: Straight Blowback
Trigger: Double action
Safety: Thumb lever/decocker (slide), load chamber indicator, firing pin
Magazine: 8 rounds, box single
Sights: Rear, open sight adjustable, square notch; Front, ramp shape fixed
Grooves: 6 grooves, right-hand twist
Barrel length: 3.9" (98 mm)
Overall length: 6.7" (170 mm)
Muzzle energy: 192 ft/lb (260 J)
Muzzle velocity: 955 ft/s (291 m/s)

The first semiautomatic pistol with single and double action and the first mass produced with stamped parts and also the first using a decocker and a load chamber indicator.
The Walther PP (German: Polizeipistole, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.
It features an exposed hammer, a traditional double-action trigger mechanism, a single-column magazine, and a fixed barrel that also acts as the guide rod for the recoil spring. The series includes the Walther PP, PPK, PPK/S (Slide), and PPK/E models. The Walther TPH pocket pistol is a smaller calibre pistol introduced in 1971 identical in handling and operation to the PPK.
Various PP series are manufactured in Germany, France and the United States. In the past, the PPK version has been manufactured by Walther in its own factory in Germany, as well as under licenses by Manurhin in France; Interarms in Virginia and by Smith & Wesson in Maine. Since 2018, PPK and PPK/S models have been built at the factory of US-based subsidiary Walther Arms, Inc.
The PP and the PPK were among the world's first successful double action semi-automatic pistols. They are still manufactured by Walther and have been widely copied.
In the past, the PPK version has been manufactured by Walther in its own factory in Germany, as well as under licenses by Manurhin in Alsace, France, since 1952 to 1986.
The design inspired other pistols, among them the Soviet Makarov, the Hungarian FEG PA-63, the Polish P-64, the American Accu-Tek AT-380 II, and the Argentinian Bersa Thunder 380. The PP and PPK were both popular with European police and civilians for being reliable and concealable. During WW II, they were issued to the German military (officers), including the Luftwaffe, as well as the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police, were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945) and plainclothes detectives of the Kriminalpolizei.
Designed by Fritz Walther (1889-1966).

Credits:
Author's knowledge;
DOCKERY, Kevin - Compendium of Modern Firearms: Edge of the sword. Vol. I. Berkley, California, USA: R. Talsorian Games, 1990. ISBN 978-0937279236;
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