I don’t know how I ended up here other than I watch Japanese cultural videos and also firearm videos. Not sure if the gentleman points out but the design of the P-38 lived on with Smith&Wesson series 39 then 59 pistols. I personally used to own a variant of the 59, the 669. It was my off duty firearm when I was a police officer in the 80s. I sold it recently as I needed the money due to being very ill. I still own other firearms. The “platform” or general design was very good as evidenced by all the American types that came after for about 3 decades.