Liberator resistance pistol pops up during British gun amnesty (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

The Liberator, seen here with its chamber open, was designed to be dropped into German-occupied Europe in a cardboard box complete with a cartoon instruction sheet and a few rounds of .45ACP ammo. (Photo: Kent Police)
The first national firearms surrender in England and Wales in years has produced a treasure trove of antique weapons to include a famous WWII-era “gun to get a gun.”
The two-week amnesty, coordinated by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, allowed gun owners to turn in firearms, ammunition and gun-like items to police without fear of penalties or punishment. One of the more interesting items coughed up was an FP-45 Liberator pistol handed in at the Folkestone police station last week as reported by Kent Police.
The Liberator, a $3 gun massed-produced by the Inland Guide Lamp Manufacturing Division of General Motors, was a simple .45ACP-caliber single-shot pistol designed to be dropped across occupied Europe by the Allies to help resistance groups by providing them a throw-away handgun that could be used to either assassinate local Nazis or take shots at German soldiers– whose weapons would then be pressed into service.
However, most Liberators never made it to their intended users and were instead scrapped, making them rare and

Source: Guns.com