The German Police trials produced 3 great guns...

P8

The full size USP9 is in service w the Bundeswehr (Army) as the P8. The decocking/safety lever works in the opposite direction from the USA models: down is safe, up is fire (they wanted the same motion they were used to w the older Walther P-38 that had a slide mounted lever like the Beretta/S&W/Ruger).
 
The P8 also differs from the regular USP9 in other aspects...it has a standard rifled barrel instead of a polygonal barrel profile, and it has see-through, dust-resistant magazines.
 
If anybody wants some of those nifty see-through pre-ban (well, they are _not_ marked "for LE/military use only") full size USP 9x19 hicaps, call Shooter's Den in Albuquerque 505-888-1835. They have a few for sale. ;)
 
i thought they were all introduced together specifically for the germany police test...they were introduced to the commercial market in a somewhat staggered manner
 
The designation assigned by the German police and military may have nothing to do with the designation the makers put on em?

The HK P9 went into production around 1970 before the trials. The new HK USPs are called the P8 and P10 by the pol/mil. If the Walthers they were using before the trials were P38s and they already had a P9, why didn't they start higher than that? ;)

The Beretta is the M9. The SIG is the M11. Where is the M10?

The Garand was the M1. There was the M3 "grease gun". Then we had the M14. Then the M16. What were the others? Why is the new carbine/shorty the M4? ;)
 
the walther p-38 was refered to as their p-1. the common referrence to it as the p-38 is from its WWII designation when i was adopted by the german military.

which then begs to question, what were the p-2, p-3 and p-4?
 
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