A tang ensured a proper feel in the primary hand while the hammer lay exposed at the upper rear of the receiver. The trigger sat within an oblong trigger ring and used to manage the action. The magazine was inserted into the integrated pistol grip in the usual way, the cartridges managed by a simple spring mounted in the magazine's design. The design consisted of a metal slide covering the barrel, internals and recoil spring.
The PP was a clean and handy pistol design utilizing the basic accepted form as semi-automatic handguns go. Over 5 million Walther PP/PPK pistols were eventually produced with manufacture still ongoing today (2013). The PPK was the sidearm of choice for fictional spy hero James Bond and was used by Adolph Hitler to commit suicide at the end of World War 2.
The PP line was broadened with the introduction of the more compact Walther PPK in 1931 (detailed elsewhere on this site).
In the end, the weapon found considerable use across both military and civilian markets and proved one of the most famous of its kind - really the first truly successful double-action semi-automatic pistol using an external hammer. In 1929, the Walther PP compact semi-automatic pistol was unveiled, its target customer being primarily police units and, to an extent, paramilitary type units requiring use of a highly portable, holstered weapon (indeed, the 'PP' designation stood for 'Polizei Pistole', translating to 'Police Pistol'). Founded in 1886, the Carl Walther GmbH concern designed and manufactured many small arms prior to World War 2 (1939-1945).
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