Walther P38

Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo
Factions	Weapon	Icon	Classes	Ammo	VC	Walther P38		Everyone Except Sniper	8+1 / 14

Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Reload Speed
Damage Base	Headshot ×	Chest ×	Stomach ×	Leg ×	Arm ×	Partial	Empty
29	×2.4 = 69.6	×1.6 = 74.2	×1.5 = 43.5	×1.15 = 33.3	×1.15 = 33.3	2.3 Seconds	2.9 Seconds

Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	Bullet Spread °	Range Modifier	Muzzle Velocity	Projectile weight	Weight
Designation	Weapon Type	Fire Modes	Fire Rate	P38	Pistol	Semi	50 RPM	6.31° & 2.29° ADS	0.75	315 m/s	6.1 g (94.13 gr)	0.737 kg (1.625 lbs)

Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name
Full name	Caliber	Place of Origin	Date	Manufacturer	Barrel Length	Total Length	Weapon Script Name	Walther P38	9x18mm	Nazi Germany	1939	Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Mauser Werke, Spreewerk	4.9 in (125 mm)	8.5 in (216 mm)	weapon_p38

The Walther P38 is a German semi-automatic pistol chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. It introduced a double-action/single-action (DA/SA) trigger with a decocking safety lever on a locked-breech service pistol, features that influenced many later handguns. The P38 is best known as the Wehrmacht’s standard replacement for the Luger P08 during World War II.

HISTORY

Germany began seeking a replacement for the expensive, labor-intensive Luger in the late 1920s, eventually selecting Walther’s P38 after a series of trial and “test” pistols in the late 1930s. Adopted in 1938 and entering mass production in 1940, the P38 used a short-recoil system with a locking block, allowing faster production than the P08 while providing modern features such as a decocking safety and a loaded-chamber indicator.

After World War II, large numbers of P38 pistols were captured, rebuilt, and redistributed, and the design continued in postwar forms (including French manufacture at Manurhin and later German P1 variants). Because of this wide postwar circulation, P38 pistols and related variants occasionally appeared far beyond Europe as surplus or captured sidearms, especially where older stocks remained in service for secondary roles.