They Called His "Pistol" A Joke Until - He Dropped The General Without A Sound

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They called it a "bicycle pump" and the "village idiot." But when the Resistance needed to silence a high-ranking General in a crowded station, this ugly, bolt-action pipe was the only weapon that could do the job without alerting the entire German army.
The Problem: Copenhagen, 1943. The Danish Resistance is paralyzed. Their targets are protected by layers of guards and the silence of the city. Standard revolvers and Sten guns are death sentences—one loud crack means immediate capture and execution.
The Risk: The only solution arriving from Britain is the Welrod Mark Two—a crude, foot-long tube that looks more like a plumber's tool than a weapon. It holds the title of the "world's quietest pistol," but it looks like a joke. If Flemming trusts this "toy" and it jams or fails to silence the shot inside the echo-chamber of Central Station, he won't just fail the mission; he'll be dead before the casing hits the floor.

✅In this video, we uncover:
-How the Welrod’s rubber "wipes" trapped gases to reduce gunfire to a mere 35 decibels.
-The "physics of silence" that made this the perfect assassination tool for the SOE.
-Why this "disposable" weapon became a legend from WW2 to the Falklands War.
-The story of how a "bicycle pump" allowed a ghost to delete a General from the world without a sound.

They Called His Pistol "A Joke" - Until He Dropped The General Without A Sound

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