Walther PP Pistol Series

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

Specifications

Type: Semi-Automatic Pistol

Caliber: .22 LR, .25 ACP, .32 ACP, .380 ACP,

Capacity: 9/10 (PPK/S), 8 (.32 ACP), 7 (.380 ACP) round magazine (PP) / 7(.32 ACP), 6 (.380 ACP) round magazine (PPK)

Overall Length: 170 mm (PP), 155 mm (PPK), 156 mm (PPK/S)

Barrel Length: 98 mm (PP), 83 mm (PPK, PPK/S)

Height: 109 mm (PP), 100 mm (PPK), 110 mm (PPK/S)

Fire Modes: Semiautomatic

Walther PP

War Time Walther PP Pistol. The lesser-known, full-length barreled Walther PP is available in .22LR, 6.35mm auto (.25 ACP), 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Auto or 9x17mm (.380 ACP).

Post war Walther PP Pistol - 32 acp. Though most of the pistols built immediately after the war were made by Manurhin of France (under license), the guns are marked "Made in West Germany".

Walther PP Pistol in nickel finish - 32 acp.

Film:

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
Dr. No	Sean Connery	James Bond	.	1962
Dr. No	Jack Lord	Felix Leiter	.	1962
Nackt unter Woelfen	Herbert Koefer	SS-Hauptsturmfuehrer Kluttig	.	1963
Operation Kid Brother	Lois Maxwell	Miss Maxwell	.	1967
The Late Show	Art Carney	Ira Wells	Suppressed	1977
The Late Show	John Considine	Jeff Lamar	Suppressed	1977
Red Dawn	Judd Omen	The Nicaraguan Captain	impersonating a Makarov	1984
Death Wish 4	Charles Bronson	Paul Kersey	.	1987
Ghost	Rick Aviles	Willie Lopez	.	1990
Ghost	Tony Goldwyn	Carl Bruner	.	1990
The Godfather Part III	Richard Bright	Al Neri	.	1990
Love Kills	Mario Van Peebles	Poe Finklestein	.	1998
The Pianist	Various actors	Nazi officer	.	2002
The Pianist	Thomas Kretschmann	Wilm Hosenfeld	.	2002
Downfall aka "Der Untergang"	Various actors	Various German officers	.	2004
The Bourne Supremacy	Brian Cox	Ward Abbott	.	2004
The Bourne Supremacy	Matt Damon	Jason Bourne	.	2004
Payback	Gregg Henry	Val Resnick	.	2006
Die Welle aka "The Wave"	Frederick Lau	Tim Stoltefuss	.	2008
Hanna	Cate Blanchett	Marissa Wiegler	nickel finish; fitted with and without suppressor	2011

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Twin Peaks	Mädchen Amick	Shelly Johnson	Pearl grips	1990-1991
The Equalizer	Edward Woodward	Robert McCall	.	1985-1989
Band of Brothers/ "We Stand Alone Together"	Maj. Richard Winters	Himself	.	2001
Dolmen	Ingrid Chauvin	Marie Kermeur	.	2005
The Protectors	Robert Vaughn	Harry Rule	.	1972-1973
Mannix	Mike Connors	Joe Mannix	First Season	1967-1975

Video Game

Title	Appears as	Notation	Date
UberSoldier	"Walther P38"	nickel	2006

Anime

Show Title/ Episode	Character	Notation	Date
Kino's Journey: The Beautiful World	Used by various minor characters	.	2003

Walther PPK

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

Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka 9x17mm (.380 ACP)

Early Waffenamt marked Walther PPK. Note the differences: orange bakelite grips, lanyard ring, smaller rear sight, grooved top and irregular front - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)

Walther PPK .380 fitted with a sound suppressor. (black grips)

Walther PPK .380 with a sound suppressor. (Brown factory grips)

Walther PPK stainless - 9mm Kurz aka 9x17mm (.380 ACP)

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) officer 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.