Apparently it was heavily polished and refinished at some point after the war. "Based on the serial numbers it's a Walther PP "ac" code assembled from mismatched parts after the Zella-Methis factory was captured by the US Army in April, 1945. I have been told by Walther people who seem to know that I have an original "GI" bring-back Walther PPK- AC code in 7.65/.32 caliber. I am selling this one for a relative who no longer shoots due to age, infirmity and eyesight. Sources suggest Walther only produced 2,000 the PP Super 9x18 Ultra, before discontinuing it in 1979, although some were also produced in .380ACP.Full disclosure, I know nothing about Walther firearms. The P5 was one of three new pistols cleared for West German police service, the others being the SIG Sauer P6 and the Heckler & Koch P7.
Walther developed the new P5, which used the P38′s locked breech and dual recoil springs. As a result a fresh set of trials were launched with a new set of requirements. However, the 1970s saw criminal and terrorist activity in West Germany increase and the Federal police felt they needed a more capable Ultra is a slower moving round with less energy than 9x19mm but it was a marked improvement over 7.65×17mm and it was felt this trade off would be acceptable. Ultra cartridge stemmed from the desire to have the most capable (powerful) round chambered in a still relatively compact and lightweight blowback pistol.
It had a new slide with a slide lock cutout and a more angular rear as well as an adjustable rear sight and the slide mounted decocker no longer also acted as a safety, just as a decocker, the PP Super also had a new separate slide release.Ī Walther PP Super in 9mm Kurz /.
The PP Super fed from a 7-round, single stack, magazine it had a new wrap around grip with a wider, swelled base, it retained the PP’s double action and button magazine release. Walther submitted the PP Super to the new police pistol trials and competed against the SIG Sauer P230.
The new police pistols would be chambered in theĩ×18mm Ultra round, originally developed in the 1930s by Geco. In the early 1970s the West German Police began to search for a replacement for their 7.65×17mm (.32ACP) and some of their 9×19mm Walther P38/P1s.
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