I own an original G1 Megatron toy which is super rare due its uncanny resemblance to an actual Walther P38. I managed to snag it at a flea market many years ago; granted its in pretty bad shape, but when transformed into pistol mode, it looks like a real gun from a distance.
Jesus, Lord I am ashamed of myself because I know that toy! ...because Chris-chan shot a dartboard with it when I was a kid. It also appears in the comics where he shoots Liquid Chris in the knees.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Oh man. Before I finished watching the full video, I skipped ahead several times to see when you'd hopefully show footage of the original Transformers cartoon.
Oh yeah used to see them though I can say the books are really way different and did stuff the cartoons could never do like in the story about the Broken Ear for instance had a character based on a real life arms dealer named Basil Zaharoff dealing a civil war in Latin America.
Found a P38 a couple of years ago in a field near a bunker of the Belgian defensive line of WW2. Propably one of the coolest things I own at the moment.
@@MasterFatness it was very rusty but after some cleaning it's way beter with a lot more details visible like the safety catch, the spring where the magazine should be and other things like the outline of the gun. Still got some pieces from the grip laying around too.
Fun Fact: the Transformers G1 Megatron toy was banned in Australia because his gun form beared too much a resemblence to the actual P38 pistol which he was based on.
One reason they were so prominent in film, like the Beretta 92 later, is they are very reliable with blanks while many other pistols need modifications. The lighter slide does well even with low power blanks and the wider ejection port works well with the crimping on a blank.
There was an old Air Force NCO (Korean War vet) who came TDY to my office each year to write promotion tests. He always brought along his WWII surplus P-38 which he left with me because firearms were verboten in on-base temporary quarters. With his permission I took it to the range and tried it out. That was my first experience shooting the Walther. Many years later I was cleaning out the remains of a defunct gun shop and came across a disassembled P1 (post war P38 with aluminum frame). It was missing a number of parts, including the barrel and grips, so I stuck it in a parts drawer and forgot about it. A decade after that I stumbled onto a P38 forum on the internet and realized it might be possible to locate and replace the missing parts for the P1. Within a month I had found everything I needed at affordable prices, so I cobbled the pistol together and took it to the range. Low and behold, it worked flawlessly thanks to Teutonic engineering .
That scene where Indiana Jones takes out 3 Nazis with the Walther and his reaction is one of my favorite moments from the Indiana Jones franchise. He looks so confused and puzzled.
It's Spielberg's grim nod to an incident that happened in a concentration or death camp. An SS officer bet that he could kill two prisoners with a single bullet. To do this, he positioned both prisoners with their backs to each other. Then he inserted his pistol's muzzle into the mouth of the first, firing it through his neck, into the neck of the other prisoner. So Spielberg outdid this by using the same German pistol to kill three Nazis with a single bullet.
Watching this and I suddenly a realize that, back when I was still young, my favorite water pistol in our 1968 summer of love water wars was a plastic blue P-38.
The hierarchy of German Badguy Guns is as follows: P08 Luger: Standard evil weapon. Walther P38: Officer/mid boss weapon. Walther PP: _Fancy_ officer/mid boss weapon. Mauser C96: Big boss's gun.
my father served in the german army in the late 80s early 90s he still hada p1 pistol one time on the range he examined his mags as they seemed pretty old and worn and he noticed they still had swastika waffenamt stamps on them theyy probably were overlooked as they were so small or someone with common sense realized they were too good to be thrown away because of a simple symbol
That's right,'because the wartime mags didn' t have the Walther banner logo on them like the postwar P1 mags,just plain with Waffenampts like you said.
Loved this video. The P38 is the most iconic firearm of my favourite anime of all time, Lupin the Third. Was nice seeing clips of the prequel series, Lupin Zero, within the video!
It was used as a basis for the UNCLE Special for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, with the barrel cut down and a flash suppressor added at the end. I actually have one in my P38 collection.
During my basic training in the Bundeswehr in 2011, we were still trained on the P1. It was introduced with the words 8 warning shots and one aimed throw.
Most german army pistol instructers did not know their rear end from their rank symbol and blame their own lack of capabilities on the weapon. If you train a shooter properly hitting a man sized target at 25m on the range is very easy. The gun is rugged, precise and easy to handle even with large hands.
My grandfather died in 1945 when his son, my dad, was 10, but before he did, he carved a decent kid-sized replica of a P38 for my dad. I still have, and treasure, it.
Seeing Lupin the Third in this video really like:😊 I mean, Lupin iconic sidearm were none of the others Walther P38 Pistol which also serve as his role as the master thief (is it?)
There were a couple of PO8 Lugars prototypes chambered in .45ACP for US Army Ordnance trials & consideration for contract before WWI. IIRC, one is lost & one is housed @ the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Bought one about 3 months ago. Ex-Police pistol from the 60s. Still works perfectly and except for a few scratches looks great. Nice addition to my collection.
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Thanks, Johnny! Another entertaining and informative video about my favourite handgun. It's iconic, unique and innovative design makes it stand out from the crowd of boring, boxy autos like the Colt 1911. One movie appearance worth mentioning is the pink one that appears in the hands of the Eleanor Bron character in the Beatles film Help!
Another distinctive feature of the P38 is walther dropping block action. This is superior in accuracy and strength to the P08 and is more accurate than the 1911 because the 1911 barely tilts while p38 barrel doesn't. Also 2 captive recoil springs make disassembly easy while allowing roe barrel to be lower. The Beretta M9 uses the same Walther dropping block making it more accurate. Low quantities of P38s was due to German doctrine. Police were armed with issue pistols but the Walther PP in the smaller round were preferred. The P38 is a big and heavy gun and considered appropriate for police work. Officers were expected to buy there own pistols and thus those who had P08s had no reason to upgrade to the better P38, since the rarely had to use a fire arm. Another problem for Germany was that ut didn't have the productive capacity
The advantage of the P38 over the P08 Luger is parts commonality. Lugers were hand-fitted and the parts wouldn't completely interchange between them. Also, Lugers wouldn't feed steel-cased cartridges reliably unless their chambers were modified.
Fun fact: I'm a big History and Gun Nerd from Danmark so when I was given the opportunity to shoot af original Walther P38 i of course said "YES PLEASE!" The first shot was fine the second one jammed and then, on the 3rd shot, the top flat pies of the Pistol BLEW UP In My Face! I was fine nothing happened to me because of my glasses, but some times i think just how bad it could have gone
@@einundsiebenziger5488 in Danish it's spelled with a "a" and i have never noticed that it was spelled differently in English 😅 so thank you for the help 👍
Had the honor of shooting (training) and using this gun (P1/P38) in the late 90's on guard duty. Felt compfortably and was good to shoot on a 15 meter/48 feet range.
It's rather "tomato, Tomate (say: "toh-mah-tuh", German for tomato), because in German there is not "th"-sound, so "t" and "th" are pronounced the same.
An acquaintance of mine worked in a couple of gun shops, and owned a P-38 among others. She pointed out a wedge-shaped keystone block fitted in the slide. She claimed 1. Removal of this wedge would effectively disable the gun after one shot (the slide would come off, probably into the shooter's face) and 2. She had never seen a vintage model with the original block in place.
Like how the C96 is iconic for star wars fans, The P38 is iconic for Transformers Fans who Remember it well for the Alt Mode of the Leader of the Decepticon Faction himself Megatron in the G1 Series and Very Controversial due to the new Toy Gun laws that kicked off around the time.
During the War in Vietnam, the Walther P38 was among the Arsenal of the Vietcong and probably also the NVA, Due to some ww2 weapons ended up in the Hands of the North Vietnamese Military and Also the VietCong, their were some of photos online that Captured WW2 weapons from the NVA and Vietcong are still in use during that time. Mark Felton has a Video about German Weapons that was used during the Vietnam War you can look it up online
I have a postwar Walther P1. It’s lighter than the P38 with an alloy frame but no Waffenamt stamps so it’s not a bad guy gun. Similarly I have a postwar TGF 1950 Czech K98K. Both firearms are exceptionally clean and don’t have a problematic direct association with the Nazis.
Same here but, it's Walther made. It cost a pretty penny, traded a Lee Enfield Mark IV to lower the price. I traded that because, I have a SMLE one and I couldn't find .303. Walther P-38s (WW2 variants) and WW2-era Walther PP & PPKs are starting to hit the prices of Lugers!
Ahh, I remember my transition in the German Army from the P1 (basically the P38) to the P8 (HK USP) in the late 90s. The P8 looked so much cooler. However, to be honest, it didn’t make much of a difference in terms of hitting those 25m targets. The magazine capacity (single stack) is of course no longer up to today’s standards, and a decocker is a nice thing to have (P8). But to really learn pistol shooting, there’s nothing better than a DA/SA hammer pistol (Glock fanboys dislike).
Nawww the Glock boize are forced to agree, at least I am. It's why Americans love the 1911 so much. That slim frame for a single-stack mag works wonders for ease of shooting.
Das es wunderbar! Ich mochte un HK USP weil, Ich bin ein großer Fan der Metal Gear Solid series. Metal Gear Solid Ein und Zwei Sons of Liberty. Ich haben die HK45c aber wirklich mochte die HK USP (9mm or 45 acp) oder HK Mark 23. Forgive me, my German could be a bit rusty more so with its grammar.
Dad brought back a Walther P38 when he served in Pattons 3rd army..... The p38 was made by Walther, Mauser, and Spreewerk...... Not all p38s were Walthers....
After carrying one for the last 6 years, my only real gripe is they're a bit ammo picky. The feed ramp was only designed to handle FMJ, so if you try chambering something with a more flat nose, (such as hollow point) they don't feed reliably as they bind up on the feed ramp. Great gun otherwise! I'm eventually looking to source a machinist to cut and append threading extensions onto some extra barrels I acquired. After that, I've still got half a mind to deck some spare stock sights to micro weld some tritium ported ones to. So yes, some modern creature comforts would be nice. But when it comes down to good ergonomics and reliability, I couldn't be happier.
It's used as a stand-in for Lugers in many films since it is easier to source as a prop and the pistols are similar in appearance that casual viewers wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
This is the one that got away for me. I had a chance to get one for $400 and passed on it. Now they run $1,200 + (money printer go brrrr....... ). A German classic for sure.
I remember the Scorpio Killer using a Walther, an MP-40, and an Arisaka paratrooper rifle in Dirty Harry. He was a Carcano away from the Axis triple threat.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq come to think of it, there are a few things that seem silly, but probably have quite a few historical and fictional examples and could make good episodes. - Gravity/ Pushing people off of a cliff/ out of a window/ into a hole - Dumb Luck/ The enemy just stumbling into a completely unplanned problem nobody on either side predicted - "Lying about being able to do something that you cannot actually do, but the enemy believes you and gives up/fumbles their deployment" - Buying / Recruiting the enemy's army out from under them. -Supernatural powers / The illusion of supernatural powers
I have one manufactured in 1944 and acquired by my grandfather that same year in Holland. ie Market Garden. It’s near perfect, two magazines. What’s funny is that it is in a P08 holster complete with take down tool. It fits, it works and that is the way it was liberated.
I was at a gun auction last year where they had a couple of Walther P1s for sale, one of which I remember was stated in the catalog to have been made in 1980 and came with it's original holster. I should have bid on it, but I didn't, and someone ended up buying it for somewhere around $600. I did end up walking away with a Chinese SKS for $326.
Lupin the 3rd is almost a pronoun to Walther P38 in Japan. They even made an anime TV movie special of the series centered on the origin of the hero's trusted sidearm.
The P38 was definitely ahead of it's time. Most service military handguns of world war 2 were of the single action type like the US 1911 or Soviet TT-33 meaning the hammer had to be manually cocked back by the shooter's thumb to fire the first shot. The triggers only job is to drop the hammer and doesn't cock it to fire. To carry a single action pistol you have to have the hammer cocked back with the safety engaged until you're ready to fire then you flick the safety off. All you have to do is pull the trigger on the P38 to fire the weapon. Also the P38 was easier to disassemble and clean the only issue I have is the location of the magazine release being a heel release on the back of the grip instead of the more common push button behind the trigger. It's a bit more finicky to use.
I am lucky enough to have a authentic P38 manufactured in 1940 that still functions. Crazy how well it still works and feels for being almost 90 years old. Though it always gave me an eerie feeling shooting it…
My grandfather had a Luger that he traded for a p38 for his work (the ejector on the Luger is a bit weak and the p38 would eat any ammo). I shot it in the late 2000s and the ammo we used was from 1938 to 1941, that was fun.
The P-38 with short barrel was Robert Culp's signature weapon in the "I Spy" television series. In "Dirty Harry" the character Scorpio stole a P-38 from a liquor store and used that in the climatic gun battle. So many movie P-38's. So little time.
This is a great, great channel. But it won't be complete until Johnny explains whether the snow shovel used to defeat the bad guys at the end of _Home Alone_ is actually an effective weapon.
Well, there's the "Lobo" from the World War Z novel. Not only can it make a fine shovel, it also doubles as a decently ranged close combat zombieslayer.
You have been doing research since last we chatted on the P38 & the Model 8 of the Walther company Johnny. Wish you mentioned their slave labour but you did cover a lot in 5 minute video.
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I own an original G1 Megatron toy which is super rare due its uncanny resemblance to an actual Walther P38. I managed to snag it at a flea market many years ago; granted its in pretty bad shape, but when transformed into pistol mode, it looks like a real gun from a distance.
I just looked it up and yup that’s definitely a P38 lmao
I can't believe I completely overlooked this =/
Jesus, Lord I am ashamed of myself because I know that toy! ...because Chris-chan shot a dartboard with it when I was a kid.
It also appears in the comics where he shoots Liquid Chris in the knees.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq Oh man. Before I finished watching the full video, I skipped ahead several times to see when you'd hopefully show footage of the original Transformers cartoon.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsqdo a sneaky reupload
Glad to see the Tintin animations getting recognition
Oh yeah used to see them though I can say the books are really way different and did stuff the cartoons could never do like in the story about the Broken Ear for instance had a character based on a real life arms dealer named Basil Zaharoff dealing a civil war in Latin America.
Tintin is awesome
They look a lot like Mike Judge's animated shows, which came after, which is funny. Imagine Hank Hill, Beavis, Tin Tin, and Boomhauer all together.
That clip is from Tintin: Flight 714
@@kellychuang8373 Let's hear it for Korrupt Arms GMBH representative, Basil Bazarov.
As brand names go, not even Rhinoplasty is that on-the-nose.
Found a P38 a couple of years ago in a field near a bunker of the Belgian defensive line of WW2.
Propably one of the coolest things I own at the moment.
No fucking way! What is the condition?
@@MasterFatnessno fucking way is right.
Sure. I especially like your video about it. It proves everything.
@@MasterFatness Probably rusty as shit
@@MasterFatness it was very rusty but after some cleaning it's way beter with a lot more details visible like the safety catch, the spring where the magazine should be and other things like the outline of the gun. Still got some pieces from the grip laying around too.
Fun Fact: the Transformers G1 Megatron toy was banned in Australia because his gun form beared too much a resemblence to the actual P38 pistol which he was based on.
Aussies are seriously cucked.
Least moronic Australian gun law
I was given one for Christmas in 1985 and that was in Australia. Spewing I didn't hang on to it.
(It) was banned because its* shape* bore* too much resemblance (...) which it* was based on.
"Die auto bots!"
"Such heroic nonsense"
One reason they were so prominent in film, like the Beretta 92 later, is they are very reliable with blanks while many other pistols need modifications. The lighter slide does well even with low power blanks and the wider ejection port works well with the crimping on a blank.
They were also cheap and available after World War 2. Movie armorers picked them up from surplus dealers like InterArms for a song.
Thanks for the info. I didn't know that.
There was an old Air Force NCO (Korean War vet) who came TDY to my office each year to write promotion tests. He always brought along his WWII surplus P-38 which he left with me because firearms were verboten in on-base temporary quarters. With his permission I took it to the range and tried it out. That was my first experience shooting the Walther. Many years later I was cleaning out the remains of a defunct gun shop and came across a disassembled P1 (post war P38 with aluminum frame). It was missing a number of parts, including the barrel and grips, so I stuck it in a parts drawer and forgot about it. A decade after that I stumbled onto a P38 forum on the internet and realized it might be possible to locate and replace the missing parts for the P1. Within a month I had found everything I needed at affordable prices, so I cobbled the pistol together and took it to the range. Low and behold, it worked flawlessly thanks to Teutonic engineering .
That scene where Indiana Jones takes out 3 Nazis with the Walther and his reaction is one of my favorite moments from the Indiana Jones franchise. He looks so confused and puzzled.
Re-used by spielberg in "Schindler's List" with a mauser shooting in the Jewish Ghetto.
And it's not entirely beyond the realm of possibility. Full metal jacket at point blank range...it could happen.
Everyone who owns 9mm pistols were also confused.
It's Spielberg's grim nod to an incident that happened in a concentration or death camp. An SS officer bet that he could kill two prisoners with a single bullet. To do this, he positioned both prisoners with their backs to each other. Then he inserted his pistol's muzzle into the mouth of the first, firing it through his neck, into the neck of the other prisoner.
So Spielberg outdid this by using the same German pistol to kill three Nazis with a single bullet.
@@AudieHolland That's a bit of a stretch
I always think of the film Dirty Harry when I see a P-38. The notorious villain Scorpio used one.
To me, it's "San Babila, ore 20" and "Il Boss"
Good for Dirty Harry it didn't boost Scorpio's luck factor.
Watching this and I suddenly a realize that, back when I was still young, my favorite water pistol in our 1968 summer of love water wars was a plastic blue P-38.
with it being Lupin the 3rds trademark handgun, im shocked we didn't see another one or two scenes from his movies or shows of him using it
unfortunately, Lupin III's copyright owners LOOOOOVE to copystrike videos.
@@Kadeo64 oh yeah.....there is that ^^;
The hierarchy of German Badguy Guns is as follows:
P08 Luger: Standard evil weapon.
Walther P38: Officer/mid boss weapon.
Walther PP: _Fancy_ officer/mid boss weapon.
Mauser C96: Big boss's gun.
Megatron was a Walther P38, "The Man from U.N.C.L.E" version in the 80's
80's? You must have watched it in syndication. The show is from the 60's.
@@mattmarzula Megatron was from the 80s
My man is saying Waltuh
waltah matter with me
That's how you pronounce it in German. "Th" is pronounced as "T".
@@SidneyBroadsheadI know right? Yet the majority of TH-camrs think they need to say it with a lisp.
@@SidneyBroadshead
Well, he isn't saying it like "Walter", he's saying it like "Waltuh, put ya ding away Waltuh".
my father served in the german army in the late 80s early 90s
he still hada p1 pistol
one time on the range he examined his mags as they seemed pretty old and worn and he noticed they still had swastika waffenamt stamps on them
theyy probably were overlooked as they were so small or someone with common sense realized they were too good to be thrown away because of a simple symbol
That's right,'because the wartime mags didn' t have the Walther banner logo on them like the postwar P1 mags,just plain with Waffenampts like you said.
The P38 is seen in much WW2 movies. "The Devils Brigade" from 1968 and in Postwar crime movie "Bad Company" by Peter Stormare in 2002.
Awesome using Top Secret. So many great lines and scenics. Watch it every few years.
Loved this video. The P38 is the most iconic firearm of my favourite anime of all time, Lupin the Third. Was nice seeing clips of the prequel series, Lupin Zero, within the video!
it truly is one of the best anime, glad to see other people like it
I've been binging all your videos and I literally just ran out. This one came just in time
lol awesome! Thank you for the support. I'll get working on the next one here!
Could you do the Browning Hi Power next? Arguably one of the finest looking guns of its era.
I can’t believe you featured the Tintin Cartoon! That cartoon is amazing!
It broke my heart that no clip of G1 Megatron was included in this fantastic video 😣💔
I totally dropped the ball on that one. I almost have to remake this at a later date...
The Lupin gun
It was used as a basis for the UNCLE Special for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. series, with the barrel cut down and a flash suppressor added at the end. I actually have one in my P38 collection.
During my basic training in the Bundeswehr in 2011, we were still trained on the P1. It was introduced with the words 8 warning shots and one aimed throw.
Wow awesome! All the way into 2011. Very cool.
Really? I served in 2006 and got the P8
Yes, got the P8 training only after relocation to another site (as usual for guard service).@@martintranslations9883
my father also always said you where better of trowing it then trying to hit stuff
Most german army pistol instructers did not know their rear end from their rank symbol and blame their own lack of capabilities on the weapon. If you train a shooter properly hitting a man sized target at 25m on the range is very easy. The gun is rugged, precise and easy to handle even with large hands.
In The Beatles “Help” movie, Eleanor Bron has a lovely pink P38!
"Happiness is a warm gun."
Eleanor Bron was such a gorgeous 😍 woman.
Thanks for these videos. I love the variety of footage used. Excellent and professional narration.
not mentioning g1 megatron is a crime
Frick! I messed up.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq rodimus primal and chris basics video has explained why megatron can't be a gun
AYYYY
LUPIN ON THE THUMBNAIL
It was so surreal to see Tintin and anime in the same picture
I loved the contrast
My grandfather died in 1945 when his son, my dad, was 10, but before he did, he carved a decent kid-sized replica of a P38 for my dad. I still have, and treasure, it.
I've always wanted one. Oh and may suggest an episode?
Spiked vs. Flanged mace
No mention of Brazil (1985)?
Harry Tuttle was iconic!
Seeing Lupin the Third in this video really like:😊
I mean, Lupin iconic sidearm were none of the others Walther P38 Pistol which also serve as his role as the master thief (is it?)
You taught me something again, Johnny, I had no idea that it had gotten the 38 Super treatment. Makes sense, it's a solid piece.
There were a couple of PO8 Lugars prototypes chambered in .45ACP for US Army Ordnance trials & consideration for contract before WWI. IIRC, one is lost & one is housed @ the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Yes, the .38 Super is a potent & capable cartridge even today. Colt also used to offer the M1911 in .38 Super but I don't know if they still do today.
Bought one about 3 months ago. Ex-Police pistol from the 60s. Still works perfectly and except for a few scratches looks great. Nice addition to my collection.
I suggest videos on:
Howitzer
Brown Bess musket
Smith and Wesson model 19
M1917 revolver
Colt New Service
Winchester rifle
Double barrel shotgun
Spatha sword
M1911 pistol
Blunderbuss
Pennsylvania Long Rifle
Hawken Rifle
Also the:
Lee Enfield rifles
Mauser rifles (including the M1903 Springfield)
AK-47
M-16/AR-15
PKM
M1887 lever action shotgun
M2 .50 cal HMG
Ancient and medieval catapults
Katana
Gladius
Cutlass
Scottish claymore
Tomahawks
Bowie knife
Kukri
Cavalry sabers
Spiked vs. Flanged mace
@@SeanDahle
Also the:
Bacon double cheeseburger
Large fries
$5 Milkshake
Have you done one of these for the MP5 and Glock pistols?
Thanks, Johnny! Another entertaining and informative video about my favourite handgun. It's iconic, unique and innovative design makes it stand out from the crowd of boring, boxy autos like the Colt 1911. One movie appearance worth mentioning is the pink one that appears in the hands of the Eleanor Bron character in the Beatles film Help!
Thanks for another video filled with fun, related clips.
Another distinctive feature of the P38 is walther dropping block action. This is superior in accuracy and strength to the P08 and is more accurate than the 1911 because the 1911 barely tilts while p38 barrel doesn't. Also 2 captive recoil springs make disassembly easy while allowing roe barrel to be lower.
The Beretta M9 uses the same Walther dropping block making it more accurate.
Low quantities of P38s was due to German doctrine. Police were armed with issue pistols but the Walther PP in the smaller round were preferred. The P38 is a big and heavy gun and considered appropriate for police work. Officers were expected to buy there own pistols and thus those who had P08s had no reason to upgrade to the better P38, since the rarely had to use a fire arm. Another problem for Germany was that ut didn't have the productive capacity
The advantage of the P38 over the P08 Luger is parts commonality. Lugers were hand-fitted and the parts wouldn't completely interchange between them.
Also, Lugers wouldn't feed steel-cased cartridges reliably unless their chambers were modified.
Indy got that limited production .50 version lol
As my buddy Paul used to say when something far fetched would appear in a movie, "it's in the script!" 😆
@@probablylarsulrich5654, I like "Bad guys don't get plot armor."
Lupin the Third made this into a dream gun for me… that and Jigen’s .357…
1:10 Michael Sheard (Sergeant Mann) did his trick also in "Force 10 from Navarone" (1978).
He played Hitler 4 times!
@@TellySavalas-or5hf, one of those times was in Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade!
I loved "Force 10" on cable TV as a kid in the '80s... Indy and Quint.
Fun fact: I'm a big History and Gun Nerd from Danmark so when I was given the opportunity to shoot af original Walther P38 i of course said "YES PLEASE!" The first shot was fine the second one jammed and then, on the 3rd shot, the top flat pies of the Pistol BLEW UP In My Face!
I was fine nothing happened to me because of my glasses, but some times i think just how bad it could have gone
from Denmark*
@@einundsiebenziger5488 in Danish it's spelled with a "a" and i have never noticed that it was spelled differently in English 😅 so thank you for the help 👍
The Walter P38 is a underrated Pistol.
Had the honor of shooting (training) and using this gun (P1/P38) in the late 90's on guard duty. Felt compfortably and was good to shoot on a 15 meter/48 feet range.
Thank you for the great video.
Walther? Walter?
Tomato, Tomahto? =P
“ don’t make a half measure walta”
It's rather "tomato, Tomate (say: "toh-mah-tuh", German for tomato), because in German there is not "th"-sound, so "t" and "th" are pronounced the same.
An acquaintance of mine worked in a couple of gun shops, and owned a P-38 among others. She pointed out a wedge-shaped keystone block fitted in the slide. She claimed 1. Removal of this wedge would effectively disable the gun after one shot (the slide would come off, probably into the shooter's face) and 2. She had never seen a vintage model with the original block in place.
"the bad guy gun" G1 Megatron took this to the extreme by _being_ one
Like how the C96 is iconic for star wars fans, The P38 is iconic for Transformers Fans who Remember it well for the Alt Mode of the Leader of the Decepticon Faction himself Megatron in the G1 Series and Very Controversial due to the new Toy Gun laws that kicked off around the time.
Good thing I've watched Dirty Harry because Scorpio had one of those pistols in the final showdown.
Scorpio was all out of luck however.
@@Lonovavir . Yep.
During the War in Vietnam, the Walther P38 was among the Arsenal of the Vietcong and probably also the NVA, Due to some ww2 weapons ended up in the Hands of the North Vietnamese Military and Also the VietCong, their were some of photos online that Captured WW2 weapons from the NVA and Vietcong are still in use during that time.
Mark Felton has a Video about German Weapons that was used during the Vietnam War you can look it up online
"Waltuh! Get my p38!"
I have a postwar Walther P1. It’s lighter than the P38 with an alloy frame but no Waffenamt stamps so it’s not a bad guy gun. Similarly I have a postwar TGF 1950 Czech K98K. Both firearms are exceptionally clean and don’t have a problematic direct association with the Nazis.
I have a 1944 Spreewerke P-38, one my favorite firearms in my collection, an argument could be made it was the best pistol of WW2.
Same here but, it's Walther made. It cost a pretty penny, traded a Lee Enfield Mark IV to lower the price. I traded that because, I have a SMLE one and I couldn't find .303. Walther P-38s (WW2 variants) and WW2-era Walther PP & PPKs are starting to hit the prices of Lugers!
I have three Walther made P38's. One WWII AC Code 1944, and two post war early 1960's manufacture.
Still a very practical handgun, although dated.
The p38 is an unexpected sight in The Wild Geese film, where both Richard Burton and Roger Moore use it instead of the more likely Browning Hi-Power
Wish you included the scene:
"Did you hear that? That was the sound of my Walther. Pointed right at your testicles."
just got a spring airsoft replica of this gun and its reliable as hell
So its nothing to do with the actual P38 then.
@@snowflakemelter1172 yeah but it's a cool replica and it's pretty alr although wayy more reliable than the irl thing
in the hand of my husband’s favorite all time anime character Arsene’ Lupin the third!
I like Lupin’s counterpart and love interest Fujiko Mine❤
Ahh, I remember my transition in the German Army from the P1 (basically the P38) to the P8 (HK USP) in the late 90s. The P8 looked so much cooler. However, to be honest, it didn’t make much of a difference in terms of hitting those 25m targets. The magazine capacity (single stack) is of course no longer up to today’s standards, and a decocker is a nice thing to have (P8). But to really learn pistol shooting, there’s nothing better than a DA/SA hammer pistol (Glock fanboys dislike).
Nawww the Glock boize are forced to agree, at least I am.
It's why Americans love the 1911 so much. That slim frame for a single-stack mag works wonders for ease of shooting.
@@AdamOwenBrowning, I'm a .45 guy and I prefer the HK Mark 23 to the 1911... blasphemy, I know.
Das es wunderbar! Ich mochte un HK USP weil, Ich bin ein großer Fan der Metal Gear Solid series. Metal Gear Solid Ein und Zwei Sons of Liberty. Ich haben die HK45c aber wirklich mochte die HK USP (9mm or 45 acp) oder HK Mark 23. Forgive me, my German could be a bit rusty more so with its grammar.
@@spenceramey406 Das ist* wunderbar.
@@einundsiebenziger5488 Danke, fur das korrektur.
Dad brought back a Walther P38 when he served in Pattons 3rd army..... The p38 was made by Walther, Mauser, and Spreewerk...... Not all p38s were Walthers....
After carrying one for the last 6 years, my only real gripe is they're a bit ammo picky. The feed ramp was only designed to handle FMJ, so if you try chambering something with a more flat nose, (such as hollow point) they don't feed reliably as they bind up on the feed ramp. Great gun otherwise! I'm eventually looking to source a machinist to cut and append threading extensions onto some extra barrels I acquired. After that, I've still got half a mind to deck some spare stock sights to micro weld some tritium ported ones to.
So yes, some modern creature comforts would be nice. But when it comes down to good ergonomics and reliability, I couldn't be happier.
Should have thrown some footage of "Good, Bad, and Weird" in there, the main character uses dual P38s
It's used as a stand-in for Lugers in many films since it is easier to source as a prop and the pistols are similar in appearance that casual viewers wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
...and the Luger is picky about oal and chamber pressure of actual fmj rounds, let alone a crimped blank.
@@ahhamartin Yeah, one of the Luger's hang-ups is that it tends to cycle low-pressure ammunition poorly.
I did not anticipate seeing any acknowledgement anywhere ever of the Tintin cartoon
This is the one that got away for me. I had a chance to get one for $400 and passed on it. Now they run $1,200 + (money printer go brrrr....... ). A German classic for sure.
Hey Johnny please do a video on the japanese arisaka rifles please 🙏
A good side arm in World at war
Just a minor trivia comment for the ending section: "Walther" is spelled in German essentially the same way as "Walter".
I remember the Scorpio Killer using a Walther, an MP-40, and an Arisaka paratrooper rifle in Dirty Harry. He was a Carcano away from the Axis triple threat.
It would be easier to carry a Beretta '34.
@@warpartyattheoutpost4987True, but he took it off a store clerk towards the end. Beggars can't be choosers.
On April 1st you should do a video on "unmodified rock"
lol I like this idea
_Cape Fear_ has a good clip for that, as does _Life of Brian._
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq come to think of it, there are a few things that seem silly, but probably have quite a few historical and fictional examples and could make good episodes.
- Gravity/ Pushing people off of a cliff/ out of a window/ into a hole
- Dumb Luck/ The enemy just stumbling into a completely unplanned problem nobody on either side predicted
- "Lying about being able to do something that you cannot actually do, but the enemy believes you and gives up/fumbles their deployment"
- Buying / Recruiting the enemy's army out from under them.
-Supernatural powers / The illusion of supernatural powers
Weaponized glitter, like the ones used by Mabel against Soos in Gravity Falls, could be another good example.
@@michaelandreipalon359 That's a good one!
I have one manufactured in 1944 and acquired by my grandfather that same year in Holland. ie Market Garden. It’s near perfect, two magazines. What’s funny is that it is in a P08 holster complete with take down tool. It fits, it works and that is the way it was liberated.
Im very disappointed you never included G1 Megatron, How dare you
(JK i love your videos please keep it up)
I was at a gun auction last year where they had a couple of Walther P1s for sale, one of which I remember was stated in the catalog to have been made in 1980 and came with it's original holster. I should have bid on it, but I didn't, and someone ended up buying it for somewhere around $600. I did end up walking away with a Chinese SKS for $326.
Never clicked so fast after seeing Spalding on the thumbnail
Please do fujiko mine gun (FN Model 1910) or Daisuke Jigen Smith & Wesson Model 19
Funny you'd mention Fujiko and not "it's the gun that started WW1"
The Walther also Appeared in Movies Scanners (1981) and Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Lupin the 3rd is almost a pronoun to Walther P38 in Japan.
They even made an anime TV movie special of the series centered on the origin of the hero's trusted sidearm.
If the m1911 is the gun of good and the luger is the gun of evil
Then the p38 is the vigilante, the gun of thieves
Eh makes some sense.
The P38 was definitely ahead of it's time. Most service military handguns of world war 2 were of the single action type like the US 1911 or Soviet TT-33 meaning the hammer had to be manually cocked back by the shooter's thumb to fire the first shot. The triggers only job is to drop the hammer and doesn't cock it to fire. To carry a single action pistol you have to have the hammer cocked back with the safety engaged until you're ready to fire then you flick the safety off. All you have to do is pull the trigger on the P38 to fire the weapon. Also the P38 was easier to disassemble and clean the only issue I have is the location of the magazine release being a heel release on the back of the grip instead of the more common push button behind the trigger. It's a bit more finicky to use.
The P38 was also used in Captain Scarlet and Mothra 1961. The long barrel compared to the short slide of the pistol gives it a cartoon look to me
I am lucky enough to have a authentic P38 manufactured in 1940 that still functions. Crazy how well it still works and feels for being almost 90 years old. Though it always gave me an eerie feeling shooting it…
My grandfather had a Luger that he traded for a p38 for his work (the ejector on the Luger is a bit weak and the p38 would eat any ammo).
I shot it in the late 2000s and the ammo we used was from 1938 to 1941, that was fun.
The P-38 with short barrel was Robert Culp's signature weapon in the "I Spy" television series.
In "Dirty Harry" the character Scorpio stole a P-38 from a liquor store and used that in the climatic gun battle.
So many movie P-38's. So little time.
The Walther P38 is such an elegant pistol.
This is a great, great channel. But it won't be complete until Johnny explains whether the snow shovel used to defeat the bad guys at the end of _Home Alone_ is actually an effective weapon.
Well, there's the "Lobo" from the World War Z novel. Not only can it make a fine shovel, it also doubles as a decently ranged close combat zombieslayer.
I actually have a postwar P1, made in West Germany, and I have it's original box, cleaning rod, and manual with it.
We all know we need a video on the Kar98 if there not one all ready
Actually met the man who owns one of the U.N.C.L.E P38/P1 pistol things at a gunshow, really neat, and really really weird
That last clip....Oh god, Japanese live-action, the horror, the horror....
Didnt knew the gun had so many features, also great clip to start the video
PD- (im sure its illegal to not do the accent lol )
Great little gun, dirty, but great. Thanks, Johnny, see ya on the next one. pew pew
Dirty?
You have been doing research since last we chatted on the P38 & the Model 8 of the Walther company Johnny.
Wish you mentioned their slave labour but you did cover a lot in 5 minute video.
Megatron!? Is that you!?!?
"Waltuh put your pp away Waltuh... "
-Kid named Finger
Walthuh, Put your gun away Walther
Im not building small arms for the Wehrmacht With you right now Walthuh
😂