Spy Guns: 3 Top-Secret Pistols Used by the CIA & OSS

By T. Logan Metesh

The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the direct forerunner of today’s Central Intelligence Agency. William J. “Wild Bill” Donovan headed up the organization at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942. The organization’s purpose was to conduct clandestine missions, act as spies, gather intelligence and perform sabotage, among other things.

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When you’re operating in places you’re not supposed to be, stealth is of the utmost importance. This also applies to the guns that are chosen for such work. Firearms that could be used quietly in close quarters, and that couldn’t be easily identified, were the primary candidates for stealthy spy weaponry.

High Standard HDM

Based on High Standard’s HD target pistol, the .22-caliber HDM was integrally suppressed. In an effort to gain …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life