Comments on: General Motors Insurgency Pistol, 1942 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/general-motors-insurgency-pistol-c-1942/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Tue, 01 Nov 2024 13:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: elmo iscariot http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/general-motors-insurgency-pistol-c-1942/#comment-81415 elmo iscariot Wed, 12 Oct 2024 21:52:47 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21711#comment-81415 They're perfectly safe, if not wildly effective. The reason they saw very limited distribution is simply that the French Resistance turned out not to need any help arming itself. They’re perfectly safe, if not wildly effective.

The reason they saw very limited distribution is simply that the French Resistance turned out not to need any help arming itself.

]]> By: KulkulkanX http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/general-motors-insurgency-pistol-c-1942/#comment-58497 KulkulkanX Fri, 19 Aug 2024 08:16:12 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21711#comment-58497 This was pretty much designed to allow someone to bushwhack an enemy and get their real, usable weapon. I recall that something similar was issued during the Vietnam conflict in 9mm as well. It was called the Deer Gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_gun This was pretty much designed to allow someone to bushwhack an enemy and get their real, usable weapon. I recall that something similar was issued during the Vietnam conflict in 9mm as well. It was called the Deer Gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_gun

]]> By: Graham 0825 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/general-motors-insurgency-pistol-c-1942/#comment-58058 Graham 0825 Tue, 16 Aug 2024 09:24:11 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21711#comment-58058 Yikes! Is that a carton of .45ACP ball next to it?? Ouch! That looks a flippin' dangerous design. I wouldn't want to fire it. '45 Cal zip-gun anyone? Eek! Yikes! Is that a carton of .45ACP ball next to it?? Ouch! That looks a flippin’ dangerous design. I wouldn’t want to fire it. ’45 Cal zip-gun anyone? Eek!

]]> By: Pit13 http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/general-motors-insurgency-pistol-c-1942/#comment-57212 Pit13 Fri, 05 Aug 2024 20:14:19 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=21711#comment-57212 No wonder they weren't widely distributed. Anyone that has ever fired a weapon could tell you that the design is horrible and would more than likely get the firer killed than naught. No wonder they weren’t widely distributed. Anyone that has ever fired a weapon could tell you that the design is horrible and would more than likely get the firer killed than naught.

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