Mauser and Spreewerke also produced the P38, over one million in total during World War II, but the Walther versions were always most prized. The double action feature was used as a model for many post-war designs. It was tough, accurate and simple, an advanced design for its time. The P38 was well regarded by those who carried it. Military production began the next year, issued first to elite Panzer crews. In 1938 the Wehrmacht accepted Walther's work and adopted the new design as "Pistole 38". Walther had already been working on such pistols, in particular the Armee Pistole (or AP) and the Heeres Pistole (or HP) that were quite similar to the forthcoming P38. In the mid-1930s, the Wehrmacht requested Carl Walther Waffenfabrik and other companies to develop a new military pistol, a more modern approach that would be cheaper to mass produce for the coming war. The Luger was an aging design as Germany began preparations for war in the 1930s. The page on the Luger has a table of serial numbers and markings that apply to both pistols. In addition, multitudes of commercial versions were manufactured before and after both wars. In total, several million of the Lugar and the Walther P-38 pistols were produced by many different manufacturers, in different arsenals, in Germany, Switzerland and England.
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