Instead, they were proofed at the West German military proofhouse at Koblenz. Unlike commercial Walthers (see below), they were not proofed at Ulm and lack a date code and "antler" stamp. They bear no British proof marks, or any other marks of British issue. L66A1s fall in the 41693 to 45088 serial number range. My conspiratorial instincts lead me down some purely speculative avenues, but who knows? Ostensibly, these pistols were used for off duty carry by UDR members, were popular among servicewomen and occasionally used for training. ![]() The choice of a 22LR PDW is an odd one and I've never found a really definitive reason for it. These guns were designated L66A1 and described, maybe a touch grandiosely, as a PDW or "personal defense weapon". ![]() In the mid-1970s the Royal Army Ordnance Corps purchased about 3000 Walther PPs in 22LR for the Ulster Defence Regiment, an infantry regiment operating out of British-controlled Northern Ireland.
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