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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = Walther PP
| image              = 1972 Walther PP.jpg
| caption            = Original Walther PP pistol
| type               = [[Engineering:Semi-automatic pistol|Semi-automatic pistol]]
| service            = 1935–present
| wars               = {{ubl|Chaco War<ref name="Chaco">{{cite magazine |first=Jean |last=Huon |title=The Chaco War |magazine=Small Arms Review |volume=17 |issue=3 |date=September 2013 |url=http://www.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=1976}}</ref>|[[Social:World War II|World War II]]|The Troubles|Vietnam War | Lebanese Civil War<ref name="Arabs2">{{cite book |title=Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars (2) |url=https://archive.org/details/arabarmiesmiddle02katz |url-access=limited |series=Men-at-Arms |volume=128 |first=Sam |last=Katz |date=24 March 1988 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-0-85045-800-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/arabarmiesmiddle02katz/page/n45 47]}}</ref>|Gulf War<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/forces_and_firepower/237905.stm |work=BBC News |series=Forces and Firepower |title=The airman's guide to survival |date=18 December 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/centre-for-air-and-space-power-studies/documents1/air-power-review-vol-19-no-2-first-gulf-war-25th-anniversary-special/ |title=Reality of War: Tornado GR1 1,000lb GPB Low-Level Loft Delivery |first=Mike |last=Toft |date=Summer 2016 |journal=Air Power Review (First Gulf War 25th Anniversary - Special Edition) |publisher={{wipe|Royal Air Force}} |pages=130–133}}</ref>|Iraq War (Operation Telic)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.alamy.com/royal-air-force-harrier-gr7-pilot-flt-lt-scott-morley-puts-his-personal-walther-ppk-pistol-into-his-flying-suit-as-he-prepares-before-his-mission-over-iraq-from-their-base-in-kuwait-march-21-2003-us-and-british-forces-invaded-iraq-overnight-crossing-the-desert-border-from-kuwait-under-cover-of-an-intense-artillery-barrage-as-a-second-air-raid-pounded-targets-in-baghdad-reutersrussell-boyce-pp04020020-rus-image380916835.html |title=Stock Photo - Royal Air Force Harrier GR7 pilot FLT Lt Scott Morley puts his personal Walther PPK pistol into his flying suit as he prepares before his mission over Iraq from their base in their base in Kuwait, March 21, 2003 |work=Alamy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fourfax.co.uk/galleries/1971-2012-harrier/2003-op-telic/nggallery/page/4 |title=2003 Op Telic |date=7 October 2017 |website=Fourfax.co.uk}}</ref>|Syrian Civil War<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.calibreobscura.com/jihadi-rebel-and-militants-use-of-supressors/ |title=Keeping it Quiet: Suppressor Use by Jihadis, Militants & More |date=19 July 2018 |website=CalibreObscura.com}}</ref>}}
| designer           = Carl Walther Waffenfabrik
| number             =
| length             = {{convert|170|mm|in|1|abbr=on}}
| width              = {{convert|30|mm|abbr=on|1}}
| height             = {{convert|109|mm|abbr=on|1}}
| action             = Straight blowback
| image_size         = 300
| origin             = Germany<ref name="Bishop2002"/>
| is_ranged          = yes
| used_by            = See ''Users''
| design_date        = 1929
| manufacturer       = Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen
| production_date    = 1929–present
| variants           = See ''Variants''
| weight             = {{ubl|{{convert|675|g|abbr=on}} (.22 LR)|{{convert|660|g|abbr=on}} (.32 ACP)| {{convert|665|g|abbr=on}} (.380 ACP)| {{convert|850|g|abbr=on}} (9×18mm Ultra)|}}
| part_length        = {{ubl|{{convert|98|mm|abbr=on|1}}}}
| crew               = <!--Ranged weapon specifications-->
| cartridge          = {{ubl|.22 Long Rifle|.25 ACP|.32 ACP|.380 ACP|[[Engineering:9×18mm Ultra|9×18mm Ultra]]|}}
| velocity           = {{ubl|{{convert|305|m/s|abbr=on|1}} (.22 LR)|{{convert|320|m/s|abbr=on|1}} (.32 ACP)|{{convert|256|m/s|0|abbr=on}} (.380 ACP)|{{convert|320|m/s|0|abbr=on}} (9×18mm Ultra)|}}
| feed               = [[Engineering:Magazine (firearms)|Magazine]] capacity:{{ubl|10 (.22 LR)| 8 (.32 ACP)| 7 (.380 ACP and 9×18mm Ultra)}}
| sights             = Fixed [[Engineering:Iron sights|iron sights]], rear notch and front blade
}}
The '''Walther PP''' ({{lang-de|Polizeipistole}}, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated [[Engineering:Semi-automatic pistol|semi-automatic pistol]]s, developed by the German [[Social:Weapon|arms]] manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waltherarms.com/about-walther/#.U4_dpprwBLN |title=About Walther |website=Walther Arms |access-date=5 June 2014 |archive-date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605213907/http://www.waltherarms.com/about-walther#.U4_dpprwBLN |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It features an exposed hammer, a traditional double-action trigger mechanism,<ref name="Janes-Infantry-Weapon"/> a single-column [[Engineering:Magazine (firearms)|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, 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waltheramerica.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomContentDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10002&catalogId=13153&content=43307 |title=Customer Support |website=Walther America |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117084022/http://www.waltheramerica.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CustomContentDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10002&catalogId=13153&content=43307 |archive-date=2009-11-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the past, the PPK version was 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waltherarms.com/about-walther/ |title=About Walther |website=Walther Arms |access-date=2 June 2018 |archive-date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605213907/http://www.waltherarms.com/about-walther |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waltherarms.com/handguns/ppk/ppk/ |title=Walther PPK |website=Walther Arms |access-date=2 June 2018}}</ref>

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. The design inspired other pistols, among them the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet]] Makarov, the Hungarian FEG PA-63, the Polish P-64, the American Accu-Tek AT-380 II, and the Argentinian [[Engineering:Bersa Thunder 380|Bersa Thunder 380]]. The PP and PPK were both popular with European police and civilians for being reliable and concealable. During [[Social:World War II|World War II]], they were issued to the German military (officers), including the Luftwaffe, as well as the uniformed Ordnungspolizei and plainclothes detectives of the Kriminalpolizei.<ref name="Bishop2002"/>

==PP Series==
[[File:Pp wicki.jpg|thumb|left|Walther PP .32 made in Germany in 1968]]
The original PP was released in 1929.<ref name="Bishop2002">{{cite book |last=Bishop |first=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuGsf0psjvcC |year=2002 |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |isbn=978-1-58663-762-0}}</ref> It was designed for police use and was used by police forces in Europe in the 1930s and later.<ref name="Bishop2002"/> The semi-automatic pistol operated using a simple [[Engineering:Blowback (firearms)|blowback]] action.<ref name="Bishop2002"/> The PP was designed with several safety features, some of them innovative, including an automatic hammer block, a combination safety/decocker and a [[Engineering:Safety (firearms)#Loaded chamber indicator|loaded chamber indicator]].<ref name="Bishop2002"/>

All members of the PP series share a common takedown procedure. The trigger guard is hinged; by pulling the trigger guard downwards, the slide can be drawn backwards past the normal stopping point, lifted clear of the slide rail, and then guided back forward to clear the barrel. With the slide removed the blowback spring around the barrel is free and can be removed as well.{{Relevance inline |date=May 2022}}

==Variants==

=== PPK ===
The most common variant is the Walther PPK, a smaller version of the PP with a shorter [[Engineering:Pistol grip|grip]], barrel and frame, and reduced magazine capacity. A new, two-piece wrap-around grip panel construction was used to conceal the exposed back strap.{{clarify |date=February 2021}} The smaller size made it more concealable than the original PP and hence better suited to plain-clothes or undercover work. It was released in 1931.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Robert E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SJYjP_tJ9_wC |title=Cartridges and Firearm Identification |date=2012-11-26 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-4665-0206-2 |pages=274 |language=en}}</ref>

"PPK" is an abbreviation for ''Polizeipistole Kriminal'' (literally "police pistol criminal"), referring to the ''Kriminalamt'' crime investigation office. While the K is often mistakenly assumed to stand for ''kurz'' (German for "short"), as the variant has a shorter barrel and frame, Walther used the name "Kriminal" in early advertising brochures and the 1937 GECO German catalog.<ref>p.115.</ref>{{full citation needed |date=February 2021}}

The PPK saw widespread use. Adolf Hitler killed himself with his PPK (.32 ACP/7.65mm) in the ''Führerbunker'' in [[Place:Berlin|Berlin]].<ref>Fischer (2008) p. 47, "...Günsche stated he entered the study to inspect the bodies, and observed Hitler ...sat...sunken over, with blood dripping out of his right temple. He had shot himself with his own pistol, a PPK 7.65."</ref> A Walther PPK .32 (gun number 159270) was used by Kim Jae-gyu to kill South Korean leader Park Chung-hee.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-02 |title=The inside story of the Park Chung Hee killing |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2015/11/02/politics/The-inside-story-of-the-Park-Chung-Hee-killing/3011054.html |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=koreajoongangdaily.joins.com |language=en}}</ref> A PPK carried by Princess Anne's personal police officer James Beaton infamously jammed during a kidnapping attempt on the princess and her husband.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Low |first=Valentine |title=Princess Anne's bodyguard relives night he was shot foiling her kidnap |newspaper=The Times |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/princess-annes-bodyguard-relives-night-he-was-shot-foiling-her-kidnap-9qdwbmg79 |access-date=2022-09-13 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

The fictional secret agent James Bond used a Walther PPK in many of the novels and films: Ian Fleming's choice of Bond's weapon directly influenced the popularity and notoriety of the PPK.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers |first=A. E. |last=Hartink |year=1996 |location=Lisse |publisher=Rebo |page=368 |isbn=978-9-03661-510-5}}</ref><ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item19.html |title=James Bond's Walther PPK |website=CIA Museum |date=8 November 2007 |access-date=15 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109124624/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item19.html |archive-date=9 January 2008}}</ref> Fleming had given Bond a .25 Beretta 418 pistol in early novels, but switched to the PPK in ''Dr. No'' (1958) on the advice of firearms expert Geoffrey Boothroyd.<ref name="BBC" /> Although referred to as a PPK in the film adaption of 1962, the actual gun carried by actor Sean Connery was a Walther PP.<ref name="CIA" /><ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/james_bond/12603.shtml |title=Time Out: The Guns of James Bond |website=BBC |date=16 September 1964 | access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Macintyre2012">{{cite book |last=Macintyre |first=Ben |title=For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48C1MDVL_RcC&pg=PA114 |date=2 February 2012 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4088-3064-2 |page=114}}</ref>

Actor Jack Lord, who played Felix Leiter in ''Dr. No'', was presented with a gold-plated PPK with ivory handgrips, given to him by his friend Elvis Presley. Presley himself owned a silver-finish PPK, inscribed "TCB" ("taking care of business").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/439771.stm |title=Entertainment: The King of all auctions |date=6 September 1999 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref>

=== PPK/S ===
The PPK/S was developed following the enactment of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA68) in the United States, the pistol's largest market.<ref>Hogg (1945), p. 164.</ref> One of the provisions of GCA68 banned the importation of pistols and revolvers not meeting certain requirements of length, weight, and other "sporting" features into the United States. The PPK failed the "Import Points" test of the GCA68 by a single point. Walther addressed this situation by combining the PP's frame with the PPK's barrel and slide to create a pistol that weighed slightly more than the PPK.<ref name="Janes-Infantry-Weapon"/> The additional ounce or two of weight of the PPK/S compared to the PPK was sufficient to provide the extra needed import points.

Because United States law allowed domestic production (as opposed to importation) of the PPK, manufacture began under license in the U.S. in 1983; this version was distributed by Interarms. The version currently manufactured by Walther Arms in Fort Smith, Arkansas has been modified (by Smith & Wesson) by incorporating a longer grip tang (S&W calls it "extended beaver tail"),<ref name="S&W">{{cite web |url=http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=13152&storeId=10002&productId=58946&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=43802&isFirearm=Y |title=PPK/S Pistol .380ACP |website=Smith & Wesson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911090509/http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10002&catalogId=13152&langId=-1&productId=58946&tabselected=over&isFirearm=Y&parent_category_rn=43802 |archive-date=September 11, 2008}}</ref> better protecting the shooter from slide bite, i.e., the rearward-traveling slide's pinching the web between the index finger and thumb of the firing hand, which could be a problem with the original design for people with larger hands or an improper grip, especially when using more powerful cartridge loads. The PPK/S is made of [[Chemistry:Stainless steel|stainless steel]].<ref name="Janes-Infantry-Weapon"/> There are also blued examples.

The PPK/S differs from the PPK as follows:
* Overall height: {{convert|104|mm|in|abbr=on}} vs. 100&nbsp;mm (3.9&nbsp;in)
* Weight: the PPK/S weighs {{convert|51|g|abbr=on}} more than the PPK
* The PPK/S magazine holds one additional round, in both calibers.<ref name="S&W"/>

The PPK/S and the PPK are offered in the following calibers: .32 ACP (with capacities of 8 for PPK/S and 7 for PPK); or .380 ACP (PPK/S: 7; PPK: 6). The PPK/S is also offered in .22 LR with capacity of 10 rounds.

=== PPK-L ===
[[File:Walther PPK-L.jpg|thumb|right|A Walther PPK-L manufactured in 1966]]
In the 1960s, Walther produced the PPK-L, which was a lightweight variant of the PPK. The PPK-L differed from the standard, all steel PPK in that it had an [[Chemistry:Aluminium alloy|aluminium alloy]] frame. These were only chambered in 7.65mm Browning (.32 ACP) and .22 LR because of the increase in felt recoil from the lighter weight of the gun. All other features of the postwar production PPK (brown plastic grips with Walther banner, high polished blue finish, lanyard loop, loaded chamber indicator, 7+1 magazine capacity and overall length) were the same on the PPK-L.
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=== PP Super ===
First marketed in 1972, this was an all-steel variant of the PP chambered for the [[Engineering:9×18mm Ultra|9×18mm Ultra]] cartridge. Designed as a police service pistol, it was a blowback operated, double-action pistol with an external slide-stop lever and a firing-pin safety. A manual decocker lever was on the left side of the slide; when pushed down, it locked the firing pin and released the hammer. When the [[Engineering:9×19mm Parabellum|9×19mm Parabellum]] was chosen as the standard service round by most of the German police forces, the experimental 9mm Ultra round fell into disuse. Only about 2,000 PP Super pistols were sold to German police forces in the 1970s, and lack of sales caused Walther to withdraw the PP Super from their catalogue in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg148-e.htm |title=Walther PP Super |website=Modern Firearms |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902000721/http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg148-e.htm |archive-date=2010-09-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== L66A1 ===

In 1974, the British Royal Army Ordnance Corps purchased some thousand .22LR caliber Walther PP pistols for members of the Ulster Defence Regiment.<ref name=Walter63>{{cite book |last=Walter |first=John |date=2022 |title=Walther Pistols PP, PPK and P 38 |publisher=Osprey Publishing  |page=63 |isbn=978-1472850843 }} </ref> They were issued as [[Engineering:Sidearm (weapon)|sidearm]]s to be carried by off duty soldiers for personal protection during The Troubles.<ref name=Walter63 /> They had military markings unlike standard Walther PPs.<ref name=Walter63 /> They had black plastic grips and were [[Engineering:Parkerizing|parkerized]].{{cn|date=September 2022}} In the 1980s, the guns were coated with a lacquer called Suncorite,<ref name=Walter63 /> which was later found to be toxic and is no longer in use.

=== PPK/E ===
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At the 2000 ''Internationale Waffen-Ausstellung'' (IWA—International Weapons Exhibition) in Nuremberg, Walther announced a new PPK variant designated as the PPK/E.<ref>{{cite web |title=If Reliability Counts...The New Walther PPK/E |website=Carl Walther Sportwaffen GmbH |url=http://www.carl-walther.info/dev2/files/pdf/PPKE%20klein.pdf |access-date=4 May 2008}}</ref> The PPK/E resembles the PPK/S and has a blue steel finish; it is manufactured under license by FEG in Hungary. Despite the resemblance between the two, certain PP-PPK-PPK/S parts, such as magazines, are not interchangeable with the PPK/E. Official factory photographs do not refer to the pistol's Hungarian origins. Instead, the traditional Walther legend ("Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do.") is stamped on the left side of the slide. The PPK/E is offered in .22 LR, .32 ACP, and .380 ACP calibers.

[[File:Ranger PPK -Interarms.jpg|thumb|Stainless steel PPK made under license by Ranger Arms]]

==Manufacturing==
Walther's original factory was located in Zella-Mehlis in the state of Thuringia. As that part of Germany was occupied by the Soviet Union following World War II, Walther fled to West Germany, where they established a new factory in Ulm. For several years following the war, the Allied powers forbade any manufacture of weapons in Germany. As a result, in 1952, Walther licensed production of the PP series pistols to a French company, Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin, also known as Manurhin. Manurhin made the parts but the pistol was assembled either at Saint-Étienne arsenal (marked "Made in France") or by Walther in Ulm (marked "Made in West Germany" and having German proof-marks). The French company continued to manufacture the PP series until 1986.

In 1978, Ranger Manufacturing of Gadsden, Alabama was licensed to manufacture the PPK and PPK/S; this version was distributed by Interarms of Alexandria, Virginia. Ranger made versions of the PPK/S in both blued and stainless steel and chambered in .380 ACP and only made copies chambered in .32 ACP from 1997 to 1999. This license was eventually canceled in 1999. Walther USA of Springfield, Massachusetts briefly made PPKs and PPK/Ss directly through Black Creek Manufacturing from 1999 to 2001. From 2002, Smith & Wesson (S&W) began manufacturing the PPK and PPK/S under license at their plant in Houlton, Maine until 2013. In February 2009, S&W issued a recall for PPKs it manufactured for a defect in the hammer block safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category4_750001_750051_757981_-1_757978_757978_image |title=Walther PPK PPKS Safety Recall |website=Smith & Wesson |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065408/http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Category4_750001_750051_757981_-1_757978_757978_image |archive-date=4 November 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018 Walther Arms began producing them again at their new US manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and new ones are being shipped as of March 2019.

==Users==
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* {{flag|Australia}}: PPK variant chambered in .22 Long Rifle and .32 ACP formerly used by police for undercover and surveillance duties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianpolice.com.au/chronology-of-policing-nsw/weapons-used-by-nsw-police/|title=Weapons used by NSW Police|website=Australian Police}} Retrieved 26 January 2023.</ref> <ref>{{cite book |title=Service arms of the South Australian Police : 1838 to 1988, the first 150 years |year=1988 |isbn=0731640780|first=Max |last=Slee |page=98 |publisher=Antique & Historical Arms Association of South Australia |location=Norwood}}</ref>
* {{flag|Argentina}}: PPK variant chambered in .32 ACP used by Comandos Anfibios<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-24 |title=wiw_sa_argentina - worldinventory |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203421/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_argentina |access-date=2023-02-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
* {{flag|Brazil}}: PP variant chambered in .380 ACP adopted by São Paulo Public Force in 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armasonline.org/armas-on-line/o-museu-da-pm-de-sao-paulo/|title=O Museu de Polícia Militar de São Paulo|website=Armas On-Line|date=25 June 2017 |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-02 |title=wiw_sa_brazil - worldinventory |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_brazil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602220038/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_brazil |archive-date=2 June 2016 }}</ref> PP variant chambered in 7.65 mm issued to high ranking naval officers in 1953<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military and police handgun cartridges of Brazil. - Free Online Library |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Military+and+police+handgun+cartridges+of+Brazil.-a0248661694 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}</ref>
* {{flag|Bolivia}}: PP variant<ref>{{cite book |title=Uniforms of the Soldiers of Fortune |date=1985 |isbn=978-0-71371-328-2 |first1=Leroy |last1=Thompson |first2=Ken |last2=MacSwan |publisher=Blandford Press |place=Poole |pages=[https://archive.org/details/uniformsofsoldie00thom/page/111 111–112] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/uniformsofsoldie00thom/page/111}}</ref>
* {{flag|Burkina Faso}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009">{{cite book |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |editor-first=Richard D. |editor-last=Jones |year=2009 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5}}</ref>
* {{flag|Central African Republic}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Chad}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Republic of the Congo}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Denmark}}: PPK variant. Danish police used a 7.65mm version<ref name="Danish Police firearms">{{cite web |url=http://www.politi.dk/NR/rdonlyres/20DE43AF-33F4-48C5-A710-6A58457E35D2/0/Engelskresum%C3%A9afendeligrapport.pdf |title=The use of police firearms in Denmark |website=Politi.dk |access-date=21 February 2015}}</ref> until 1998
* {{flag|East Germany}}: A close copy was produced after [[Social:World War II|World War II]]<ref name="popenker">{{cite web |url=http://modernfirearms.net/en/handguns/handguns-en/germany-semi-automatic-pistols/walther-pp-i-ppk-eng/ |title=Walther PP & PPK |website=Modern Firearms |access-date=7 November 2012 |last=Popenker |first=Maxim |date=22 October 2010}}</ref>
* {{flag|France}}: All Walther PPs and variants were produced after [[Social:World War II|World War II]] by Manurhin until 1986<ref name="popenker"/>
* {{flag|Guyana}}: PPK variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Hungary}}: A close copy was produced locally after [[Social:World War II|World War II]]. A Hungarian version called the ''PA-63'' ([[Engineering:9×18mm Makarov|9×18mm Makarov]]) is still in service<ref name="popenker"/>
* {{flag|Indonesia}}: PPK variant is used by ''Komando Pasukan Katak'' (Kopaska) tactical diver group and ''Komando Pasukan Khusus'' (Kopassus) special forces group<ref name="idnvojnik">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |title=Kopassus & Kopaska - Specijalne Postrojbe Republike Indonezije |language=hr |magazine=Hrvatski vojnik |access-date=12 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822145526/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/1612007/ind.asp |archive-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>
* {{flag|Iran|1925}}: 200 PPs made via government contract.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://silahreport.com/2019/11/12/5-iranian-firearms-seen-in-december-2019-rock-island-premier-firearms-auction-catalog/ |title=5 Iranian Firearms Seen in December 2019 Rock Island Premier Firearms Auction Catalog |date=12 November 2019 |website=Silah Report}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Latvia}}: the PP variant was adopted by the Latvian Police in the early 1930s, becoming its most used pistol until the Soviet occupation. The PP and PPK variants were also privately bought and used by members of the Aizsargi national guard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Valsts.policija/photos/a.159258540836726/1610208749075024/ |title="Walther" policijas pistole |author=Valsts policija |date=2018-03-06 |website=Facebook |language=lv |access-date=2021-02-06}}</ref>
* {{flag|Madagascar}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Mali}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Mauritius}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Germany}}<ref name="popenker"/>
* {{flag|Niger}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Peru}}: PPK issued to navy<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-29 |title=wiw_sa_peru - worldinventory |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_peru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529045615/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_peru |archive-date=2016-05-29  |access-date=2022-10-26 }}</ref>
* {{flag|Romania}}: A [[Engineering:Pistol Carpați Md. 1974|close copy]] was produced locally after [[Social:World War II|World War II]]<ref name="popenker"/>
* {{flag|Senegal}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Seychelles}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Walther PP in use by Swedish police until early-mid 2000s<ref name="Pancho Gun">{{cite web |url=http://www.panchogun.com/FV-Walther-PP-Sweden-Page.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030413130116/http://www.panchogun.com/FV-Walther-PP-Sweden-Page.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2003 |title=Walther PP, Swedish Contract |website=Panchogun.com |access-date=7 November 2012}} </ref><ref name="Jakt & Jägare">{{cite web |url=http://www.jaktojagare.se/kategorier/vapen-och-utrustning/walthers-udda-studsare/ |title=Walthers udda studsare |date=25 January 2008 |website=Jakt & Jägare |language=sv |access-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018221148/http://www.jaktojagare.se/kategorier/vapen-och-utrustning/walthers-udda-studsare/ |archive-date=2016-10-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flag|Togo}}: PP variant<ref name="jones2009"/>
* {{flag|Turkey}}: A close copy, Kirikkale, in 7.65mm and 9mm was produced locally after [[Social:World War II|World War II]].<ref name="popenker"/><ref name="Wiener 1987">{{cite book |title=The armies of the NATO nations: Organization, concept of war, weapons and equipment |series=Truppendienst Handbooks Volume 3 |year=1987 |first=Friedrich |last=Wiener |page=428 |publisher=Herold Publishers |location=Vienna}}</ref>
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}:
** MI6 and the {{wipe|Royal Air Force}} – L66A1 .22 LR and L47A1 7.65mm Walther PP<ref name="Janes-Infantry-Weapon">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/Walther-PP-and-PPK-self-loading-pistols-Germany.html |title=Walther PP and PPK self-loading pistols (Germany) |website=Jane's Infantry Weapons |publisher=Janes.com |date=28 February 2012 |access-date=7 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322035701/http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/Walther-PP-and-PPK-self-loading-pistols-Germany.html |archive-date=22 March 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Engineering:SIG Sauer P230|SIG Sauer P230]]
* [[Engineering:Bersa Thunder 380|Bersa Thunder 380]]
* FEG PA-63
* [[Engineering:List of pistols|List of pistols]]
* Makarov PM
* [[Engineering:Pistol Carpați Md. 1974|Pistol Carpați Md. 1974]]
* [[Engineering:Table of handgun and rifle cartridges|Table of handgun and rifle cartridges]]
* [[Engineering:Type 64 pistol|Type 64 pistol]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |last=Fischer |first=Thomas |year=2008 |title=Soldiers of the Leibstandarte |location=Winnipeg, Canada |publisher=J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-921991-91-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Hogg |first=Ian V. |year=1979 |title=Guns and How They Work |location=New York |publisher=Everest House |isbn=0-89696-023-4}}
* {{cite book |last1=Josserand |first1=M. H. |last2=Stevenson |first2=J. A. |year=1972 |title=Pistols, Revolvers, and Ammunition |location=New York |publisher=Bonanza Books (A division of Crown Publishers, Inc.) |isbn=0-517-16516-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Henrotin |first=Gerard |year=2017 |title=Walther PP pistol explained |location=Belgium |publisher=HLebooks.com}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PP%202479125.pdf |title=Walther PP spare parts drawing |website=Carl Walther GmbH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401004513/http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PP%202479125.pdf |archive-date=2010-04-01}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK,%20PPK-L%202479117.pdf |title=Walther PPK/PPK-L spare parts drawing |website=Carl Walther GmbH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401013243/http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK,%20PPK-L%202479117.pdf |archive-date=2010-04-01}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK-S%202602601.pdf |title=Walther PPK/S spare parts drawing |website=Carl Walther GmbH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401004911/http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK-S%202602601.pdf |archive-date=2010-04-01}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK-E.pdf |title=Walther PPK/E exploded view |website=Carl Walther GmbH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401011853/http://www.carl-walther.info/files/pdf/PPK-E.pdf |archive-date=2010-04-01}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.forgottenweapons.com/british-l66a1-a-pistol-for-northern-ireland/ |title=British L66A1: A Pistol for Northern Ireland |date=November 18, 2020 |first=Ian |last=McCollum |website=Forgotten Weapons}}


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