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Post by mauser98k on Apr 15, 2006 19:58:18 GMT -5
Hot dang those guns look sexy!
They were used in ww2 right? Omg I want one so badly.
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Post by Capt. Zak on Apr 15, 2006 20:04:04 GMT -5
I Would opt for the P-38 instead. I think most Panzer crewmen would prefer the P-38 over the PPK. Most General & Staff officers carried the PPK. It's not very "combat friendly".
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Post by mauser98k on Apr 15, 2006 20:05:01 GMT -5
It just looks so sexy.
lol, well anyways it will still do for a replacement gun for my mag-less luger for now.
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Post by Capt. Zak on Apr 15, 2006 20:19:09 GMT -5
If you're gonna spend the cash get the P-38. ASk Gordak...it's a hell of an AS gun!
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Post by schmitty on Apr 15, 2006 20:26:45 GMT -5
007 carried a PPK in the Roger Moore years.
Schmitty
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Post by spitfire740 on Apr 15, 2006 23:12:23 GMT -5
He uses that gun in all the movies... "The Wolfer PPk"
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Post by indy on Apr 16, 2006 17:30:01 GMT -5
PPK would be looked at as Flaggrantly Wrong.....which it is. Go with a P38.
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Post by mikkel on Apr 18, 2006 8:02:34 GMT -5
While the PPK is not that common, it was not entirely unseen. A friend of mine have shown me some images of soldbuchs, with PPK pistol ownership allowances inserted. The would just be carried in a pocket.
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Post by CharleyNovember on Apr 18, 2006 8:11:42 GMT -5
PPK is historically accurate. Maybe not common but it was used as far as I know. I would expect to see them more on rear area officers but not out of the question.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Apr 18, 2006 18:25:42 GMT -5
The weapon Major Winters received from his surrendering enemy Colonel in Bavaria at the end of the war was a PPK (not a P-38 as you might expect) He was poinently struck by the fact that the gun had literally, never been fired.
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Post by theshadow on Apr 28, 2006 15:55:28 GMT -5
Technically the Maruzen PPK is not a WWII weapon.
Actually the Maruzen PPK is a PPK/S. The real steel PPK/S came about due to the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Original PPK was deemed too small a weapon for import to the U.S., so it was outlawed. Walther got around this by mating the PP frame (which is taller, as it holds an additional round in the magazine) with the PPK slide and barrel. PPK stands for Pistol Polizie Kriminal. It was the weapon issued to German Plainclothes Police. The PP was the issue firearm for uniformed Officers. As was noted, the PPK was also often carried by Staff and General Officers.
I have skirmished with my PPK, and it has performed fairly well. I would use it as a last resort weapon with my Allied impression, as I would explain it was one of my "captured" prizes.
The Shadow
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Post by mikkel on Apr 28, 2006 19:15:09 GMT -5
I didn't know that about the Maruzen pistol. But i must admit i never studied either the real PPK or the maruzen one very closely Got a small correction: PPK - Polizei Pistole Kurz
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Post by longsword on May 25, 2006 12:03:39 GMT -5
A fellow airsofter has gotten many kills with this little pistol in indoor games. He has had it for years. It behaves odd with the "bad" mag he got, but with the other new one it works great. Nifty little pistol.
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