• @spycraft101 A .25 Colt hold-up gun developed for use by OSS personnel in World War II. This simpl

• @spycraft101 A .25 Colt hold-up gun developed for use by OSS personnel in World War II. This simple device walks the fine line between cunning and lunacy, as did many of the tools and weapons developed for the Office of Strategic Services during its short lifespan. A metal plate hung under the left armpit with a .25 ACP Colt pistol attached, pointing forward. A steel wire went around the wearer’s chest and was attached to the trigger. This allowed them to fire the pistol towards an enemy directly in front of them simply by taking a deep breath and expanding their chest circumference enough to pull the trigger. The obvious advantage is that the wearer would appear unarmed at the time, and would not even have to make any sudden, furtive movements before firing. Nevertheless, the device creates more questions than it answers. Presumably it is worn beneath the clothing and must be fired through the fabric of a shirt or jacket. So why choose an anemic caliber like the .25ACP? How did the wearer avoid triggering rounds during the types of high-stress situations found immediately before having to kill an enemy in combat? The hold-up gun was likely based on a similar design used by the British Special Operations Executive during the same period. Although the OSS version does not appear to have been used operationally, the SOE version is believed to have been carried on Operation Anthropoid, the mission to kill SS Officer Reinhard Heydrich in Prague, Czechoslovakia.#spycraft101 #spycraft #declassified #spy #spies #espionage #covert #clandestine #History #coldwar #spymuseum #coldwarmuseum #tradecraft #cia #oss #coltpistol #gunsofinstagram #concealedcarry #handguns #pistol #concealedweapon #officeofstrategicservices #soe #specialoperationsexecutive #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #czechoslovakia #anthropoid #dailygundosehttps://www.instagram.com/p/CHgaVNvllz0/?igshid=1jrdyhqwm2m4f -- source link

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