Filed off markings and serial numbers usually point to one thing: whoever used this gun didn't want you to know who they were. With our records indicating this rare and intriguing example was sent to us by no one other than the CIA, Jonathan has a lot of digging to unpick this covert creation.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Carl Gustav m/45 suppressed
1:17 Not a HEL of a Silencer
3:41 Original m/45 (aka Gucci Sten Gun)
5:12 Users?
6:10 Firearm Disassembly
7:15 So Covert it's Overt?
7:30 Firearm Disassembly Continued
12:05 Origins?
15:42 Outro
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