Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Walther Armee Pistole (1937), with stock

Section III: removed from the NFA, curio or relic under the GCA

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION III · VERBATIM · PDF P. 45 ↗

Walther, Model 1937, "Armee Pistole”, cal. 9mm Parabellum, pistol, with accompanying original detachable shoulder stock and 4.9" barrel.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “with accompanying original detachable shoulder stock and 4.9" barrel”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1935–1937.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Germany
Manufacturer
Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Zella-Mehlis
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
9mm Parabellum
Made
1935–1937production; ATF states no date¹²
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section III · PDF p. 45 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. web.archive.org ↗, years: Rock Island Auction lot (Wayback copy): stocked Walther Model AP (Armee-Pistole) prototype with shoulder stock/holster; 'produced circa 1935-37 time frame'.
  2. web.archive.org ↗, years: Rock Island Auction lot (Wayback copy): AP serial 03 with matching stock/holster, pictured in Rankin, Walther Vol. III pp. 74–75; 'produced circa 1935-37'. Unstocked zero-prefix APs are dated 1932–34 by RIA, so the stocked ATF variant is 1935–37.
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
1 change · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1937–1938 → 1935–1937. Rock Island Auction lots date the stocked AP (Armee-Pistole) prototypes circa 1935–37

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Historical context

Walther P38 (base model shown for Walther Armee Pistole (1937), with stock)
Shown: a Walther P38, not the 1937 Armee Pistole with shoulder stock.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Walther P38 (6971798779).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Walther P38”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Walther P38 is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08. Moving the production lines to the more easily mass producible P38 once World War II started took longer than expected, leading to the P08 remaining in production until September 1942 and copies remained in service until the end of the war.