The pistol is used by the German Police in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate and has been ordered by Bremen, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the Polish Police and the Finnish Army's special forces and military police, where it carries the designation PIST 2003 ( Pistooli 2003). The weapon was first introduced chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum. History ĭesign work on this new generation sidearm began in 1994, and the handgun was presented in 1997 with series production commencing that same year. The P99 and its variants are also made under licence by Fabryka Broni Radom. The Walther P99 ( German: ) is a semi-automatic pistol developed by the German company Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen of Ulm for law enforcement, security forces and the civilian shooting market as a replacement for the Walther P5 and the P88.
A first-generation 9mm version, with a green polymer frame.
