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WWII US FP-45 LIBERATOR .45 ACP CALIBER PISTOL$625.00{"message":"In _app.tsx child of Layout","renderCount":1}
WWII U.S. General Motors, Model FP-45 Liberator, 45 ACP Cal., Single-Shot Pistol
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Auction by Will Sullivan Auction Co.(1613)
This item is in Carthage, IL
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Item Details
The FP-45 Liberator is a pistol manufactured by the United States military during World War II for use by resistance forces in occupied territories. The concept was suggested by a Polish military attache' in March 1942. The project was assigned to the US Army Joint Psychological Warfare Committee and was designed for the United States Army two months later by George Hyde of the Inland Manufacturing Division of the General Motors Corporation in Dayton, Ohio. Production was undertaken by General Motors Guide Lamp Division to avoid conflicting priorities with Inland Division production of the M1 carbine. The army designated the weapon the Flare Projector Caliber .45 hence the designation FP-45. This was done to disguise the fact that a pistol was being mass-produced. The original engineering drawings labeled the barrel as "tube", the trigger as "yoke", the firing pin as "control rod", and the trigger guard as "spanner". The Liberator project took about six months from conception to the end of production with about 11 weeks of actual manufacturing time, done by 300 workers. The FP-45 was a crude, single-shot pistol designed to be cheaply and quickly mass-produced. It had just 23 largely stamped and turned steel parts that were cheap and easy to manufacture. It fired the .45 ACP pistol cartridge from an unrifled barrel. Due to this limitation, it was intended for short range use, 1–4 yards. Its maximum effective range was only about 25 feet. At longer range, the bullet would begin to tumble and stray off course. Ten rounds of ammunition could be stored in the pistol grip. This FP-45 appears all original and to be in good working order.
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