French made Walther PP

Vlim · 12-05-2008, 10:28 AM

Well,

Actually Mauser was occupied by the French and made pistols in their own company, mainly using available spare parts between 1945 and 1948. So the 'French Mausers' were all made in Oberndorf am Neckar in the original Mauser plant. There is still some debate over a small batch of French P08's that may have been assembled outside Mauser but no documented proof has surfaced about that piece of history (yet).

After WW2, the military contractors like Walther and Mauser were forbidden to make guns in certain (military) calibers. Walther focused on air guns and Mauser was kindly put out of business by the French, for they blew up most of the buildings and shipped out the machinery.

Manurhin indeed started producing the Walther PP/K under license from Walther with the understanding that, once the ban on German gun production was over, Walther would resume production themselves.

Manurhin later stepped in as a production partner for Mauser, producing most parts of the HSc pistols in the 1970s.

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Well, Actually Mauser was occupied by the French and made pistols in their own company, mainly using available spare parts between 1945 and 1948. So the 'French Mausers' were all made in Oberndorf am Neckar in the original Mauser plant. There is still some debate over a small batch of French P08's that may have been assembled outside Mauser but no documented proof has surfaced about that piece of history (yet). After WW2, the military contractors like Walther and Mauser were forbidden to make guns in certain (military) calibers. Walther focused on air guns and Mauser was kindly put out of business by the French, for they blew up most of the buildings and shipped out the machinery. Manurhin indeed started producing the Walther PP/K under license from Walther with the understanding that, once the ban on German gun production was over, Walther would resume production themselves. Manurhin later stepped in as a production partner for Mauser, producing most parts of the HSc pistols in the 1970s.