Throughout their history, people have created an incredible amount of different weapons. Especially people have succeeded in the development of firearms, despite the fact that this type of weapon is the youngest widely used. From time to time, we come across completely strange samples, the existence of which can be quite difficult to believe. Already at the first acquaintance, it becomes clear that such things have a place in a museum.
1. Dead Man's Pistol
In the 19th century, a wave of desecration of graves swept the United States and Europe. Grave-diggers have dug up entire cemeteries in order to retrieve recently buried bodies for sale. them for medical experiments, as well as for the purpose of finding valuables that could have been left in the coffin with the deceased. Resourceful businessmen from the United States immediately came up with a pistol that was installed under the coffin lid and was supposed to be triggered when trying to open it.
2. Drum for pistol
Today, in service with the power structures of Russia, you can see Makarov pistols with a drum magazine. It looks very strange, but the wonderful design fully justifies itself. In reality, the idea is far from new. Similar drum magazines for pistols for 20-40 rounds were produced even for the good old Mauser C96 of 1895 release.
3. Too big Tula Tokarev
A sample of the TT pistol, which was created in 1930. The sample captured in the picture is almost twice as large as the one that was eventually adopted into service. As for this model, it never went into production. The pistol was one of several prototypes that Tokarev created for the commission. The sample was rejected due to a large number of shortcomings and non-compliance of the result with the commission's terms of reference. As a result, Fyodor Vasilyevich did not modify the pistol, shifting his attention to more urgent projects.
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4. Liberator
During the Second World War, American entrepreneurs came up with another "brilliant" way to cash in on war and the state. In just 6 months, the FP-45 pistol with the sonorous name "Liberator" - "The Liberator" was developed. The cost of the weapon was only $ 2.4. The pistol consisted of 23 parts and could fire just one single shot before reloading with a .45 ACP cartridge. The maximum sighting range was 8 meters.
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For 11 weeks in the summer of 1942 in the United States, 300 factory workers produced about 1 million units of "wonder weapons". Pistols were dropped from aircraft into French territory. It was assumed that it would be used by local guerrillas and underground fighters as a means of covert attack in order to seize military weapons.
5. Cutlery for shooting
"With a fork in the eye or a bullet once." Probably, such a principle was guided by the one who created a marvelous collection of cutlery combined with firearms. Shooting knives, forks and spoons, richly decorated with silver, look at least amusing. The only problem is that you are more likely to shoot yourself than your opponent during a feast.
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