help me name a gun, please

[Von Hoth]

My friend is asking me to find out what the name of a certain allied one-use air dropped pistol that was for the french resistance or other allies.

He didn't describe it too well, was there really such a one time use gun like this?

[Josh Beckett]

Liberator pistol, 45 caliber, single shot.

http://www.diggerhistory.info/images.../liberator.jpg

I hear you can only shoot it a few times before your hand bleeds.

Hope this helps.

[Bill Grist]

The FP-45 Liberator Pistol.. Mfg. by the Guide Lamp Division of GM....BILL

[Von Hoth]

thanks, that's probably it, i'll forward that too him.

it's strange i never heard of it. I have a degree in history and took wwII senior seminars. guess we focus on the politics too much.

[Josh Beckett]

The OSS also used a glove pistol.

[Leutnant G.M.W.]

Liberator.................................

Now theres a gun with an interesting story. Look it up sometime.

[ChrisCook]

Liberator

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

There ya go....Chris..

[Jaegermeister]

It could also be the; Welrod silenced pistol, that was used behind enemy lines by SAS, SOE, OSS, Commandos and the Resistance.

[Josh Beckett]

The welrod was used up until the Falkans.

[MikeW]

Also for possible use in Vietnam, the "Deer Gun" was made, but never used.

[R. Schmitt]

I hold a Liberator in my hand right now, crappily made but hey, it's original!- fropped behind enemy liens to shoot a German with a single shot, then capture a good Mauser that way.... As far as I know, the allied "Volkssturm" Pistol Version so to say. Many Vets were after a Luger or P38, very much undesired bacl then, but wanted pieces today!

[Tomt]

liberator

I also own a Liberator and always thought that the original destination for them was to Europe but that did not happen. Another forum member informed me that most were sent to the Phillipines--1,000,000 produced and were used with limited success. Eventually most of them were disposed of "at sea". They were manufactured in Anderson, Indiana at the Guide Lamp division of Delco-Remy, a part of GM. Cost to produce was somewhat over a dollar each. The disposal "at sea" accounts for the rarity of them. The last value I saw was about 2K for the piece without the box and cartoon and 3K if everything was intact. I had often heard them referred to as the "OSS Liberator". Definitely an interesting piece. Tomt

[R. Schmitt]

here's some more fresh pix of the Liberator, dewatted in order to get it over to the U.S. from Great Britain, then revived again. Caliber changed... Enjoy...

[R. Schmitt]

other side...

[R. Schmitt]

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