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In WWII, the OSS dropped some pretty crude pistols to resistance groups. The idea was fire it once, kill enemy soldier, take his weapon.
Those were called Liberator pistols. All stamped mfr. Saw a few over the years at the Great Western gun show in L.A.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator I have seen one at recent show and the price almost made me faint. I realize most were destroyed but clunker is still a clunker.
The point is, they were dropped with 2 rounds and a sheet of paper with cartoon instructions: shoot enemy soldier, take his weapon and use it. They only had to work safely once.
They are serious collector items because they were disposable and were supposed to have been destroyed.
