Frankly, pistols don't have the biggest role to play in winning a war, but equipping your armed forces with a hand fitted, expensive pistol didn't make a lot of sense. The goal was a pistol less labor intensive, one easy to assemble and reassemble, preferably one that could be produced by multiple manufacturers if needed, with interchangeable parts among them all. The Luger was a fine piece but it was also costly and difficult to manufacture. It's roots were in pre-war Nazi Germany, when the German Army High Command wanted German arms manufactures to develop something of the large-caliber variety to replace the P.08 Luger. The predecessor of the P1 is one that more of you will be familiar with, the famous P38 Model HP (Heerespistole - army pistol) in the late 30's. At first they just produced shotguns and rifles, but Carl's son brought his engineering acumen to the family business, expanding their production to pistols. Walther, founded by Carl Walther, is one of the oldest firearms manufacturers in the world with a history of producing quality firearms pieces, starting with a little gun shop in the town of Zella, Germany. For someone that grew up on the whole James Bond series, just the name Walther conjures up scenes of adventure with spies, bad guys and beautiful women (though Bond's Pistol was a PPK and later, a P99 being carried in the Brosnan and early Craig films).
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