Why did James Bond change from the PPK to the P99?

Daniel W

Hi All,

i have always wonder why Bond changes form his trusty PPk to the walther p99 this is one thing that i have never understood in all of the years that I have watched and been a fan of Bond. Sure i get the P99 has a greater capacity in its magazen but it must surely be more than that.
As now in the Daniel Craig era he has one again gone back to the trusty PPk. i just find it stragne that Bond changed his PPk that was so relable in the films to a P99 that must have been hard to carry in a shouolder holster as it is considerably bigger.

The reson for this is that one of my favriot Films is Tommorw Never Dies.

always shaken

I think this is one for ASP 9mm to answer , over to you mate

Barbel

This earlier thread may be of interest: https://www.ajb007.co.uk/topic/27746/bond-gun/

mpoplawski

I would ponder this - the P99 holds more rounds, and are more powerful, and easier to acquire. I won't get into technicalities of easier sighting and such.

Number24

Let's assume Bond is still around in a couple of generations. Will the Walther PPK still be relevant and will James Bond still use one?
The Browning M2 machine gun has been around for about a hundred years and is still in active use in many armies. The Brown Bessie musket was in active service even longer. Would it work or would Bond just look hoplessly dated with a PPK? What do you think?

Thunderpussy

In the future he'll have a blaster pistol like Han Solo

Chriscoop

In TND bond gets his hands on the p99 in wai lins armoury, and says " ah the new walther, I'll have to ask q to get me one of these" he then uses it up to qos when Bond reverts back to the ppk. Could this have been a bit of product placement?