Special Operations Executive produced a series of ingenious firearms for use in Occupied Europe, including the Welrod and little known Welwand. Described by SOE as 'murder weapons', they were often used to assassinate enemy personnel and collaborators.

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Sources:
- SOE Field Equipment', Military & History, 7 January 2022
- 'Welrod Pistol - Allied Assassination Tool', The Armory Life, 9 May 2023
- 'SOE: The Scientific Secrets' by Fredric Boyce & Douglas Everett, (The History Press: 2003)

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