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That was the explanation in the novels and movies. The true reason was that Ian Flemming was told that the Beretta 418 was more of a purse gun for women. They quickly changed his gun for a Wather PPK, but in actual fact James Bond in the movies carried a Walther PP ( it is a bigger version of the PPK )
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With all due respect CC, if that was the answer you were looking for, then I think the wording of your question was ambiguous. I suppose there's no simple way of asking the question without hinting at the answer, but I think most would agree that my answer would still be considered correct, given the way the question was posed.
Insofar as the movies CC, Bond had carried the Walther PP only once, in Dr. No, and in the subsequent films carried the PPK (either chambered for .32ACP or .380ACP), along with the P99 & PPK/S (which was actually a regular PPK dressed up with the micro-dermal sensor grip) as his standard issue sidearm. Although the overall shape of the pistols are similar, the PPK has a shorter barrel, slide, and grip, and is more suited for concealed carry under Bond's suits or signature tuxedo.
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Walther_PP_Pistol_Series
And if you look at the following stills from the films, you can see the difference between the extended slide of the PP versus the compact slide and barrel profile of the PPK.
Promo still from Dr. No with Sean Connery and the Walther PP
Connery's PPK
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To answer the original question as simply as possible. The pistol used by James Bond in films was changed because the original gun used was a girly purse gun and not suited for an intelligence officer. It was replaced with a Walther PPK which sometimes was replaced with the Walther PP for give a better visual presentation of film because the Walther was slightly bigger.Ian Flemming was an intelligence officer during WWII. As his biographer put it Flemming had "no obvious qualifications" for the role. He was recruited through connections and entered the service as a LT. and a few months later promoted to Cmdr. to give him authority to do his job in an administrative role. He knew nothing of guns and was not in the field. He was safe behind a desk. The explanation of his switching of guns in the story line was mere convenience. When his gun was switched for the PPK it was also mere convenience that on occasion the Walther PP was used to give the scene better visual presentation.
The photo bellow shows Bond with a pellet gun, which was used merely because the prop department did not furnish a real or realistic prop gun for the photo shoot. Bond is fantasy, not reality. In the reality of making a film sometimes the story line is compromised for the sake of convenience.
The photo bellow shows Bond with a pellet gun, which was used merely because the prop department did not furnish a real or realistic prop gun for the photo shoot. Bond is fantasy, not reality. In the reality of making a film sometimes the story line is compromised for the sake of convenience.
Technologically speaking, we were still in the stone ages in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. During WWII the miliatay used blimps were used to weather observation for the purpose of planning attacks.
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Interracial marriage was banned in the U.S. for much of its history: from 1776 to 1967.
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