This is the leastĭesirable to collectors. The first is the glossy black plastic grip panelįound on the German issue "SVW45" P.38s. There are two types of grip panels most often associated with theįrench P.38 pistols. French P.38s are frequently referred to as "Grey "Ordinary Smokeless Proof (Powder "T") Pressure."Ĭollectors have noted 11 different finishes for the French P.38s,īut the two most often associated with this variation are a phosphateįinish, ranging from light gray to very black and a blue/black or black On the right side of the slide will be found a Frenchįive-pointed star proof mark, which indicated a pressure/proof of These are interesting and desirable pistols with some uniqueįeatures. Sent to Indochina and ironically ended up in the hands of members of theįrench Foreign Legion who had served in the Wehrmacht during the war. The MauserĬode, "SVW45" was retained and then changed to Only after theseĬomponents were exhausted was available raw stock put to use. Ready for assembly or required only minimal machining. Manufacture of the P.38 resumed, using components on hand that were Instructed Mauser to continue production of the P.38, which occurred on
In complete contravention of the previously agreed-upon Allied regulations, the French immediately In the French occupational sector of Germany.
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German manufacturer's code for Mauser that replaced the 38 pistols ceased at the Mauser factory ("SVW" was the On 20 April 1945, production of German issue "SVW45" code Republic of South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, North Vietnam, North Korea, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, World-War-II-era P.38s was made by Afghanistan/Pakistan, Albania,Īlgeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Chad, Chile, China,Ĭuba, Egypt, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Police units of East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria. To the early 1990s in fairly substantial quantities by the military and Into law enforcement and military organizations throughout the world.Ĭaptured, and usually refurbished, P.38s were fielded from mid-1945 From both the East and West, P.38 pistols found their way Smaller, but still significant, quantities of P.38s were also With substantial inventories of captured P.38 pistols. When the war ended, many East European nations found themselves Were swallowed up in the inferno against the Red Army. Walther, Mauser and Spreewerk, from the earliest variants to the last, Tremendous quantities of P.3.8s, manufactured by Germany expended the greatest bulk of its manpower and material on The world by many nations for almost half a century after the war. The P.38 was fielded in substantial numbers throughout
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Single-action/double-action design with a manual safety combined with aĭecocking device and it was chambered for the still quite popular 9x19mm The time of its introduction, the P.38 was a very modern Manufacturers-Walther, Mauser and Spreewerk-was about 1,190,500. Total World-War-II production of the P.38 by three During Part I of this article, we discussed in considerableĭetail the P.38 during World War II, which replaced the svelte, but Unfortunately was chambered for the rather anemic 7.65mm (.32 ACP)Ĭartridge. War was the innovative German JP Sauer & Sohn 38(H), which Technologically, the most advanced handgun to be fielded during the Of its large magazine capacity it was a documented favorite of the History during World War II and thereafter for quite some time. The Browning High Power also had a venerable Those years, its grip tang was too short and constant hammer bite made Hand-gun before, during and after the war.Ĭertainly, with regard to caliber, it was. Americans overwhelmingly think that the M1911A1.45 ACP was the best Some very interesting handguns went into and came out of World War Now he details its lengthy postwar career. In Part I (4/20 issue), Kokalis examined the many wartime variants
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MLA style: "P.38 Masterpiece or misfit? Part II-The postwar era." The Free Library.
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