Tanaka P8

Tanaka P8, a new model from Tanaka (well new last year) Looks like a USP to me so not sure what the difference between the 2 is. Anyway its an Evo 2 model so made with some sort of new resin plastic? It also has the new Evo 2 round. I can only see 2 real changes, from a none evo model, 1 the evo 2 round which is an alloy round so light and the tube inside has a very thin seal on it, I have no idea what improvement that makes. 2 the barrel, the barrel is a lot heavier and thicker and I assume is made of this new resin, whatever material its made of its good and strong and a good upgrade.

I have to assume that other improvements have been made even though I cannot see what they are, simply because the old model USP had loads of problems. 1 problem the trigger was prone to snapping within 2 mags fired, the new trigger (although looks the same) has had several mags put through it and all is well. 2nd problem was the area around the trigger on the lower frame, a very weak part on the old model as it was extremely thin material and broke literally snapping the lower frame in half ( I have 2 USP's that went that way) again I see nothing significant in upgrade to this area but again after several mags the frame is fine.

I do Know (as 8 ace pointed it out) that the old USP trigger never came back fully to the trigger frame and if squeezed too hard would snap, filing a bit on the trigger would cure this problem, Pic below.
Anyway all in all with all the upgrades of this model its a great gun to fire, highly recommended in fact all the new Tanaka models are good firing and a lot stronger than they used to be.



https://youtu.be/jWRHs9oioRc




https://youtu.be/jWRHs9oioRc

Works well

Nice!
Thanks for sharing yet another video!!!!!

Thank you for this great post!

I love the P8 and your video made me want to get that as a modelgun.

The P 8 is a modified USP that was adopted in Germany by the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) in 1994. "P" stands for "Pistole".

Until 1994 German armed forces still used the Walther P38, called P1. The P8 has only minor differences from the standard USP model, these being translucent magazines, a reversed safety/decocker lever (on the P8, down indicates 'safe', and up indicates 'fire' — this is the opposite of the standard USP), and the 'S' and 'F' letters being printed onto the frame instead of onto the lever itself. The P8 has a traditional lands-and-grooves barrel instead of a polygonal barrel of the USP.

Thanks for the explanation on the difference, i had no idea it had been around for as long, i thought it was a new model!

Cool model and thanks MadMike for the really cool background info on the real pistol!!!