Its estimated muzzle velocity is 380m/sec(1250ft/see)Īlthough the Volkspistole never achieved production, its various designers did explore new techniques and concepts that were put into practice following the war and helped set the stage for a new generation of handguns. The pistol is chambered for the standard 9mm (0.354″) Parabellum cartridge and uses a Walther 8-round P-38 magazine. The barrel is extended by a smoothbore tube the purpose of this has never been officially explained, but it is possible that it would sustain chamber pressure so as to improve the delayed blowback action. Vents lead into this from the gun barrel so that high-pressure gas will serve to hold the slide, and thus the breech, from moving back for a short time after firing.
The barrel is freed to the frame and surrounded by a slide which forms an annular chamber around the barrel. The Volkspistole uses a similar system of delayed blowback to that of the Volksgewehr (see below). Due to the fragmentary record-keeping in Germany in early 1945, the actual makers of this pistol are not known. It was developed early in 1945 for arming the VoIkssturm, but got no further man the prototype model. This was another development of the Primitiv-Waffen-Programm (Primitive Weapons Programme). The Volksgewehr program saw limited success in that a small number of rifles were manufactured and saw some degree of combat, whereas the Volkspistole project produced only a few prototypes before the war’s end. Although cheaply made, Volkssturm weapons exhibited considerable ingenuity in design. To arm the Volkssturm, the government set up a program to develop and manufacture appropriate and equally disposable weapons-the Volksgewehr (People’s Rifle) and the Volkspistole (People’s Pistol). The Nazi military intended the Volkssturm as a rearguard or even as disposable buffer troops to protect its better-trained front-line troops in desperate situations. In 19 Nazi Germany’s declining fortunes necessitated the formation of the Volkssturm (People’s Army), composed of men too old, young, or infirm to serve in the traditional armed services.
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