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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by dingaling on Sunday April 19, 2020 @02:19AM (#22913958)
> The Walther PP series was a good future focused “fashionista” choice for Bond in film.

Interesting opinion given that the PP dates from 1929! And of course the simplified PPK was a favourite of the Gestapo.

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Re:“May I suggest that Mr. Bond be armed with a revolver?” (... by mellavora on Sunday April 19, 2020 @09:28AM (#22915735)
Yes, the PP series were police guns, and the Gestapo were police.

It was also one of the first double-action semi-automatic pistol, making it popular with police forces the world over in the years after WWII, including (at least according to one source) the CIA

MAJ BOOTHROYD Walther PPK. 7.65mm with a delivery like a brick through a plate-glass window. Takes a Brausch silencer, with little reduction in muzzle velocity. The American CIA swear by them.

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