Карл Вальтер Gmbh
48 ° 27′07 ″ с.ш. 9 ° 58′21 ″ E / 48,45185 ° N 9,97254 ° E
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Тип компании | Компания с ограниченной ответственностью (GmbH) |
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Промышленность | Огнестрельное оружие, спортивные товары |
Основан | 1886 |
Основатель | Карл Вальтер |
Штаб -квартира | Ульм и Арнсберг , Германия |
Продукция | Огнестрельное оружие и аксессуары |
Количество сотрудников | 280 (ULM) [ 1 ] |
Родительский | PW Group |
Дочерние компании | Walther Arms, Inc. Форт Смит Арканзас, США |
Website | www |
Карл Уолтер GmbH Спортивное оружие ( Немецкий: [ˈvaltɐ] ), или просто известный как Walther , является немецким производителем огнестрельного оружия и дочерней компанией PW Group. [ 2 ] Основанная Карлом Вальтером в 1886 году, компания производила огнестрельное оружие и воздушное оружие на своем объекте в Германии более 100 лет. Walther Arms, Inc. является бизнес -подразделением Walther и находится в Форт -Смит, штат Арканзас .
История
[ редактировать ]История Уолтера началась с завода, созданной Матиасом Конрадом Пистором, главным оружейником Касселя. Пистор является предком семьи Уолтер. Этот завод работал в 1780 году и делал пистолеты и другое оружие. Внучка пистора Гюстава Вильгельма вышла замуж за августа Теодора Уолтера, чей сын Карл Вильгельм Фрейнд основал фабрику, на которой нанимался ученика Карла Уолтера. Этот небольшой магазин был основан в 1886 году в Зелле-Мелисе , [ 3 ] в том, что сегодня Тюринга . Компания первоначально производила охоту и целевые винтовки. [ 4 ] Затем в 1888 году он женился на Минне Джорджин Пикерт, дочери Кристиана Фридриха Пикета, из хорошо известного производителя револьверов "Arminius Waffenwerk" в том же городе.

It was not until 1908 that, under the initiative of Fritz Walther, the oldest son of Carl Walther, they began to make pistols. Models 1 to 5 and 7 to 9 were in calibers .25 ACP (6.35mm) and .32 ACP (7.65mm). The Model 6 was Walther's first attempt at a 9mm Luger pistol. It used blowback rather than a locked breech and proved unsuccessful, with only around 1,000 made. Its rarity has made it highly sought after on the collectors market.
In 1929 Walther began to make the popular Walther PP Polizeipistole (police pistol) models. Walther followed this in 1931 with the first PPKs (Polizeipistole Kriminalmodell, or Police Pistol Detective Model). Walther manufactured both PP and PPKs in .22 Long Rifle, .32 ACP (the most common caliber), .380 ACP and a minimal number in .25 ACP. The PP models were the first mass-produced pistols with stamped parts. Still, the overall increase in dependability and high production quality with lower relative manufacturing costs made them the best option to replace the P-08 Luger. In 1938, Nazi Germany awarded the contract for that replacement to Walther for the 9mm P38.

From 1942 until 1945, the company used slave labour at the Neuengamme concentration camp, and operated its own factory at the camp.[2]
With his factory destroyed in World War II and Zella-Mehlis in the Soviet occupation zone, Walther was reduced to just a collection of designs and patents. Fritz Walther started anew and began manufacturing in Ulm, West Germany in 1953.[3] The company resumed production of the P38 (renamed the P1) in 1957 to equip the new West German Army, the Bundeswehr, with sidearms. When Fritz Walther died in December 1966, his son, Karl-Heinz, took over the company, concentrating on the sports sector.
In 1993, Umarex Sportwaffen (now part of PW Group) of Arnsberg, Germany, acquired Walther.[citation needed] It continued to manufacture under the Walther name in Ulm and Arnsberg. The German Walther company is known as Carl Walther Sportwaffen.
In 1999, the U.S.-based Smith & Wesson company became the authorized importer for Walther Firearms.[5] In 2012, the PW Group formed a new subsidiary, Walther Arms, Inc., located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to take over the distribution of Walther arms in the United States.[6]
Products
[edit]Handguns
[edit]- Competition Air Pistols
- Target Pistols
- Cartridge & Police Pistols


- Walther Model 8 (1920-1940)
- Walther Model 9 (1921-1945)
- Walther PP (1929-1999)
- Walther PPK (1931–present)
- Walther P38 (1938-1945)
- Walther P1 (1963-2004)
- Walther TPH (1968-2000)
- Walther P5 (1977-1993)
- Walther P88 (1988-2000)
- Walther P99 (1997–2023)
- Walther P22 (2002–present)
- Walther PPS (2007–present)
- Walther SP22 (2008-2010)
- Walther PK380 (2009-2022)
- Walther PPQ (2011-2023)
- Walther PPX (2013-2016)
- Walther CCP (2014–present)
- Walther Creed (2016-2019)
- Walther Q5 Match (2019–2023)
- Walther Q4 SF (2020–2023)
- Walther PDP (2021–present)
- Walther WMP (2022–present)
- Walther PD380 (2023–present)
Rifles & submachine guns
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- Air Rifles
- Target Rifles
- Other Rifles
- Submachine guns
Shotguns
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Innovationsregion Ulm: Carl Walther". Innovationsregion Ulm. Ulm Innovation Region. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b
Walther-Werke (in German), KZ Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, retrieved 2009-10-13,
Seit diesem Zeitpunkt stellten Häftlinge [...] Pistolen und Karabiner (Metallwerke Neuengamme, Zweigbetrieb des thüringischen Waffenherstellers Carl Walther. [Transl.: Since this the prisoners built pistols and rifles (Metal Works Neuengamme, a branch of the Thuringian arms manufacturer Carl Walther.]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Keefe, Mark A., IV "Walther. Carl Walther." American Rifleman October 2013 pp.64-68&110-114
- ^ Smith, W.H.B. (1946). Walther Pistols. Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company. p. 106. ISBN 978-1169109599.
- ^ Kunkel, Jörg (2016-05-04). "Umarex Sportwaffen GmbH & Co. KG". Die Erfolgsstrategie. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Zimmerman, Dan (2012-06-29). "Walther Splits with Smith & Wesson. Mostly". The Truth About Guns. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links
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- Carl Walther, official German brand website (German).
- Carl Walther Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, official German brand website (English).
- Walther Arms, Inc., official U.S. brand website.