The FP-45 Liberator | Shooting USA 

Most battery operated devices today don't come with batteries. But the liberator gave you 9 extra bullets when they only expected you to fire one. Excellent value.

If you're a resistance fighter or someone being harassed by either the Germans or the Japanese something like this is going to be better than nothing at all. Or as some pocket-gun enthusiasts say "it's either this or a bag of rocks." I remember seeing parts of this Chinese movie where the locals are trying to fight with improvised weapons including clay pots with flammable liquid in them. Something like this given to such fighters, while far from ideal would be highly welcome to someone in need of a gun to fight with.

Real trow away gun.

I have one that my uncle left me,but it doesn't have any box with it.my uncle picked it up when ww2 was over in Germany and just brought it back home with him.and he almost got about having it until about 30 years ago.and he told me about it when we were trying to clean out his basement and me and him found it.so I went out and bought him some ammo for it after we checked and cleaned it up.and your right that about 15 to 20 feet is the limit on this gun to be able to hit anything.he had this gun all these years and had forgotten about it and had never ever shot it.and just like the old saying goes that "he could not hit the broad side of a barn" well with this gun that old saying is just about right now.my uncle died this past October of this crazy virus,he was a great person a doctor to.but to me he was my hero,best friend and uncle all in one.in 1978 I graduated from high school I enlisted in my beloved marine corps for 22 years until I was diagnosed with full blown colon cancer and my uncle help take care of me.and after 7 colon cancer surgery's now I'm doing decent I'm living on my farm here in Virginia not far from where I was born with my wife and mom and dad who sold our house that we were born and raised in just so they could come and built them a new house right next to our house on my farm.my dads a ww2 veteran to of the Normandy invasion and the battle of the bulge now.and him and my uncle were brothers.my dad is 95 and mom is 92 and still living and still in great shape and health to this day.the gun my uncle left me and many others to that he left me are not for sale and never will be.no money amount can or will be enough to ever buy them,because to money can ever bring back my uncle and the fun over the years we had hunting and shooting our guns together!!!!!

by .45acp i could guess it was American made, in this time in Europe 9mm was a basic choice of pistol ammo

It DID have limited use in Combat. There is one case of the German Police reporting us of it. Because the resistance did not keep records of their activities, there were probably more. In the Asian theater some have been found in remote places, so it was at least provided there.

We should give Hong Kong protesters these

There are numerous historical inaccuracies in this video. Just to give one example, the FP-45 was known as the Liberator during WWII. It was identified as such in a 1944 OSS weapons catalog.

Thanks !!!

Such a cool story

Great information! Surprised that they not produced something in a smaller caliber like .22Lr (no recoil and deadly as well)!

I saw one of these in a display case at a gunshow probably 35 years ago. The guy wanted $800 for it. A decent sum back then. If Idve only known what they'd gone for now!

Wow zippo made pistols too!

Is the one being shot in the video an original pistol or reproduction from Vintage Ordnance?

Those were fast and easy to make, cheap to make too. They only cost $2.00 ($38.00 today) each to produce. You needed to have a lot of guts to use that and you had to be right on top of your target.

Thank you very much. Have a blessed week.

Sooo are there after market triggers?

A Single-Shot Pistol is used to attain the Better Weapon from the Enemy for Escape.

I think they later made a second edition of this gun for some cold war conflict. Not quite sure which one it was though. Anyway, what a genius idea, but also vicious and mean for anyone concerned

I think this might see a return in the US,

It did see combat in Greece. In small numbers.

#battlefield 👌

They are singe shot and slow to reload, but you could have more than one since they were dropped everywhere

REAL GUN

Why is Gary using a child size target?

Should be made with rifled barrel instead. But it does have competition albeit very bad competittion.

@KestoCOD procede a hacer 20 kill con esa pistolita

it was used

I wish I had his voice

Slamfire shotguns are more accurate and cheaper to make

Why does it look like it was drawn by a child

This would make occupation all but impossible, though. It's hard to bully people who shoot back.

alot of this could be aimed at windows xp

What is it.. Wont play..

I think it wasnt used because the of the tumbling of bullets, which would have resulted in the user being shot instead. They is how the military thinks of weapons. One cannot have a weapon that wounds/kills when it "wants to" The reason why they didnt make rifled barrels was that the USA was using cut rifling in the beginning of war which takes time. It was not until the later part of war that another faster method was used to create rifling hence no recourses to rifle the barrels.

1 MILLION PRODUCED IN 90 DAYS COSTING TWO DOLLARS IN 1940s ABOUT 20 DOLLARS TODAY. HORRIBLE ACCURACY. THE BULLETS TUMBLE.