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[[Image:WaltherPPKSPachmayr.jpg‎ |thumb|right|400px|Walther PPK/S stainless with Pachmayr rubber grips - .380 ACP.]]
[[Image:WaltherPPKSPachmayr.jpg‎ |thumb|right|400px|Walther PPK/S stainless with Pachmayr rubber grips - .380 ACP.]]


* When the Gun Control Act of 1968 was being written, some American firearms companies promoted the concept of a 'sporting purpose' requirement.  It was a ill advised (and greedy) attempt to suppress the importation of small foreign made handguns (but this ''sporting purpose'' clause was used later to ban many sorts of weapons from importation, from so called 'assault weapons', to foreign barrels to parts kits.)'''So one of the primary ''tools'' of gun control was actually created by short sighted American Gun companies in the 1960s'''. 
The PPK was too small for importation into America, so to fix the problem, Walther slapped a PPK slide on a PP frame and built the PPK/S. The most notable way to tell a PPK from a PPK/S is its finish (a PPK/S is far more common as a stainless gun than a PPK) and longer frame spur.  Also, Walther did managed to sell more pistols that would otherwise be banned under the harsh rules of GCA-68 by building them domestically (Walther U.S.A.).
 
* This restriction on ''non sporting weapons'' outlined an arbitrary size and weight limitation which made the imported Walther PPK too small for importation into America, so to fix the problem, Walther slapped a PPK slide on a PP frame and built the PPK/S. The most notable way to tell a PPK from a PPK/S is its finish (a PPK/S is far more common as a stainless gun than a PPK) and longer frame spur.  Also, Walther did managed to sell more pistols that would otherwise be banned under the harsh rules of GCA-68 by building them domestically (Walther U.S.A.).




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The Walther PP and variants are used by the following actors in the following movies, television series, and video games:


Walther PP

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The lesser-known, full-length barreled Walther PP is available in 6.35mm auto (.25 ACP), 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Auto or 9x17mm (.380 ACP).

Film:

Anime


Walther PPK

  • The Walther PPK was manufactured in 6.35mm auto (.25 ACP), 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Auto or 9x17mm (.380 ACP).


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Walther PPK in 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)
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Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka 9x17mm (.380 ACP)
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Walther PPK .380 fitted with a sound suppressor. (black grips)
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Walther PPK .380 with a sound suppressor. (Brown factory grips)


While the K would commonly stand for kurz, German for "Short", PPK means Polizei Pistole Kriminal, the Criminal Police Pistol, noted by its compact criminal size. The Walther PPK is a shortened version of the Walther PP. Since it was the most common compact pistol of WW2 (for the German forces) it is the most famous as well as being the weapon of choice for fictional British Intelligence (MI-6) agent 007 James Bond.

Note, the K does indeed stand for Kriminal, however, this term needs some fleshing out. It is referred to as Kriminal not because of any preferred usage of smaller guns by Criminals, but because this is the gun issued to the Criminal division, i.e. the people who investigate crimes, which would be termed 'Detectives Division' in most U.S. police forces. Just like most patrolmen in the USA carried a 4 inch revolver at the time, and the Detectives often carried a snub nose revolver (Colt specifically calling theirs the Detective Special) so to did the investigative branch of the German Police desire to carry a smaller version of the full sized patrolman's duty weapon.


Film:

  • A Crimson Jihad terrorist in True Lies (fitted with silencer)

Television

Video Games

  • GoldenEye 007 (as the "PP7", available with and without a silencer)
  • 007: Nightfire (as the "Wolfram PP7", available with a removable silencer)
  • From Russia With Love (as "Wolfram PP7", fitted with silencer for single player and without for multiplayer).

Anime

Novel

Walther PPK/S

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Walther PPK/S stainless - .380 ACP.
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Walther PPK/S stainless with Pachmayr rubber grips - .380 ACP.

The PPK was too small for importation into America, so to fix the problem, Walther slapped a PPK slide on a PP frame and built the PPK/S. The most notable way to tell a PPK from a PPK/S is its finish (a PPK/S is far more common as a stainless gun than a PPK) and longer frame spur. Also, Walther did managed to sell more pistols that would otherwise be banned under the harsh rules of GCA-68 by building them domestically (Walther U.S.A.).


Film

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