page_title: Walther P38
section_title: P1
hierarchical_section_title: Walther P38 / Variants / P1
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die Pistole P1 der Bundeswehr
context_page_description: The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942.
context_section_description: In late 1963 the postwar military model P1 was adopted for use by the German military, identifiable by the P1 stamping on the slide. The postwar pistols, whether marked as P38 or P1, have an aluminum frame rather than the steel frame of the original design. Starting in June 1975, the aluminum frame was reinforced with a hex bolt above the trigger guard.
  During the 1990s the German military started replacing the P1 with the P8 pistol and finally phased out the P1 in 2004.
caption: The P1 used by the Bundeswehr
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