WW-II Walther P.38 ac 41 Pistol

[1srelluc]

I picked-up this rather tired lookin' ac 41 J-block (2nd variation) yesterday. It would have been made in/around October of 1941....81 years ago.....Just in time for the Battle of Moscow.

Almost no finish left but it's mostly sound otherwise. Nice bore. I ordered a set of new springs for it as they seem a bit tired too.

All matching/correct but for the mag which is is one number off. It's anyone's guess about how that happened.

 

[odanny]

That's nice looking, and even though (technically) there was no "Battle of Moscow", it was manufactured at the apex of the German expansion into the Soviet Union. It was downhill after that.

 

[1srelluc]

That's nice looking, and even though (technically) there was no "Battle of Moscow", it was manufactured at the apex of the German expansion into the Soviet Union. It was downhill after that.

True as to end results but it was a separate planned operation (Operation Typhoon), that failed.

Battle of Moscow - Wikipedia

 

[Stryder50]

Brings back memories of one of my favorite TV series of the 1960's;

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series[1] produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a secret international counterespionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. The series premiered on September 22, 1964, completing its run on January 15, 1968. The program led the spy-fiction craze on television, and by 1966 there were nearly a dozen imitators. Several episodes were successfully released to theaters as B movies or double features. There was also a spin-off series, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., novel and comic book series, and merchandising.

With few recurring characters, the series attracted many high-profile guest stars. Props from the series are exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and at the museums of the Central Intelligence Agency and other US intelligence agencies. The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Show in 1966.

Originally, co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could refer to either "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations.[2]: 14  Concerns by the MGM legal department about using "U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers' clarification that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.[3] Each episode had an "acknowledgement" to the U.N.C.L.E. in the end titles.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Scroll down on that link to the "Weapons" section and they discuss the main, most seen weapon of U.N.C.L.E. agents, a P-38 which could be modified with a few attachments;

the man from uncle at DuckDuckGo

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[1srelluc]

Brings back memories of one of my favorite TV series of the 1960's;

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy fiction television series[1] produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television and first broadcast on NBC. The series follows secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a secret international counterespionage and law-enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E. The series premiered on September 22, 1964, completing its run on January 15, 1968. The program led the spy-fiction craze on television, and by 1966 there were nearly a dozen imitators. Several episodes were successfully released to theaters as B movies or double features. There was also a spin-off series, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., novel and comic book series, and merchandising.

With few recurring characters, the series attracted many high-profile guest stars. Props from the series are exhibited at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and at the museums of the Central Intelligence Agency and other US intelligence agencies. The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best TV Show in 1966.

Originally, co-creator Sam Rolfe wanted to leave the meaning of U.N.C.L.E. ambiguous so it could refer to either "Uncle Sam" or the United Nations.[2]: 14  Concerns by the MGM legal department about using "U.N." for commercial purposes resulted in the producers' clarification that U.N.C.L.E. was an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.[3] Each episode had an "acknowledgement" to the U.N.C.L.E. in the end titles.
...

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Scroll down on that link to the "Weapons" section and they discuss the main, most seen weapon of U.N.C.L.E. agents, a P-38 which could be modified with a few attachments;

the man from uncle at DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.

duckduckgo.com

Yep, I had one when I was a kid.

Maybe that's why I like P.38s.

 

[The Duke]

Yep, I had one when I was a kid.

Maybe that's why I like P.38s.

I remember that! It was considered less dangerous than the Spider Man thingy that I got.

Yeah, I guess you could put an eye out with it.