22 LR, 9mm Kurz and 6.35mm Br, the latter being the rarest of the four. The pistol was initially produced in 7.65mm Br. Apart from commercial sale and export, the PPK was also adopted by the Police, the NSDAP and its many branches, including the SS, various national institutions and the Wehrmacht. The success of this new model was such that production of the PPK outpaced that of the PP. Just as it did with its predecessor, the Carl Walther company intended marketing the PPK for use by the Police, hence the choice of model name. Read on for another LSB journey in firearms history… The Walther PPK (Polizei Pistole Kriminal) made its debut in 1931 as the shorter version of the PP, which was first offered for sale in 1929. model that was produced in the Zella Mehlis factory in 1933, the year that Adolf Hitler’s NSDAP came to power in Germany. Our first Walther PPK in the ‘Polizeipistole!’ series is an early commercial 7.65mm Br.
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