Sleeve gun

Sleeve gun is a generic term for small firearm designed to be concealed under a long-sleeved coat or jacket - in fictional examples there is often a mechanism to extend it out into the hand to fire.

Real examples

The "sleeve gun" was developed during World War II by Station IX of the Special Operations Executive. It was essentially a version of the noise-suppressed Welrod pistol, minus the pistol grip - and produced in both .32 ACP and 9×19mm.[1][2]

In films and television

Though designs vary, most fictional sleeve guns involve a small conventional pistol on a sliding or telescoping rail, which quickly releases the weapon into the hand for firing,[3] either by a trigger mechanism, or just the sudden movement of the forearm.

Such weapons have appeared in the 1960s TV show The Wild Wild West,[4] the 1976 film Taxi Driver[5] and many others such as Django Unchained, Justified, Red Heat, Fargo, Alien Resurrection, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and Desperado.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sleeve Gun". Timelapse. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  2. ↑ Fredric Boyce and Douglas Everett. SOE The Scientific Secrets.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Michel: Britische Schalldämpferwaffen 1939-1945: Entwicklung, Technik, Wirkung. ISBN 978-3-8370-2149-3
  4. ↑ "Jim West's Sleeve Gun (Wild Wild West)". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  5. ↑ Leigh, Danny. "Why we are locked in the back of Taxi Driver's mind". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
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