The fixed-barrel design mechanism operates by use of a wedge-shaped locking block underneath the breech. A pull of the trigger, with the hammer down, fired the first shot and the operation of the pistol ejected the fired round and reloaded a fresh round into the chamber, all features found in many modern day handguns. The shooter could load a round into the chamber, use the de-cocking lever to safely lower the hammer without firing the round, and carry the weapon loaded with the hammer down. The P38 was the first locked-breech pistol to use a double-action trigger (the earlier double-action PPK was an unlocked blowback design, but the more powerful 9x19mm Parabellum round used in the P38 mandated a locked breech design). The P38 uses a double action trigger design similar to that of the earlier Walther PPKs, and a loaded chamber indicator is also incorporated. It was intended to replace the costly Luger P08, the production of which was scheduled to end in 1942. The Walther P38 is a 9x19mm Parabellum pistol that was developed as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II.
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