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    Heckler & Koch P7 - Wikipedia

    The Heckler & Koch P7 is a German 9×19mm semi-automatic pistol designed by Helmut Weldle and produced from 1979 to 2008 by Heckler & Koch GmbH …

    Place of originWest Germany
    DesignerHelmut Weldle
    History

    After the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, the German police forces decided to replace their .32 ACP Walther PP with a similarly sized but more effective pistol chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum. The new fir… See more

    Design details

    The P7 is a semi-automatic blowback-operated firearm. It features a unique gas-delayed blowback system modeled on the Swiss Pistole 47 W+F (Waffenfabrik Bern) prototype pistol (and ultimately on the Barnitzke s… See more

    Variants

    Based on the P7 several other variants were built: the P7PT8, P7M13, P7K3, P7M10 and the P7M7, none of which remain in production. Production of the "P7" heel release design ended in 1997 with the KH date co… See more

    Reception

    The P7 was "very well received" by the German Police, who complained when it was removed from service in the 2000s. While the P7 was lightweight, reliable and accurate, because of its high cost, it lost many sale… See more

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