Before World War II, gun silencers were not much to be seen. The main combat method on the battlefield was to come and go in a more direct way. Although Maxim’s son invented the silencer in 1902, it was only a nobleman. We hunt for playthings. During World War II, special operations became more and more important, and Britain began to attach importance to silenced guns.
Willrod silencer pistol of unknown origin
Because the silencer pistol is highly classified, there is no inscription on the gun at all, and a few have internal identification on the gun. The code, and the designer does not have a clear statement, and the specific finalization date is also uncertain.
Some personnel who worked in the Birmingham Arsenal in the United Kingdom recalled that they produced a pistol with a weird shape under extremely confidentiality and were required to keep it secret during the war.
Willowd silencer pistol uses an integral silencer tube. A thick outer tube covers the barrel, gun shot, barrel and other parts. It is located on the upper right of the grip with a throw The shell window adopts single shot mode. When shooting, the gunner needs to grasp the ring structure of the tail and rotate it 90° to the left and then pull it out. When the gun is pushed back and rotated 90° to the right, the pistol enters the firing state.
The gun fired 9mm Bara Bellum pistol, but the noise reduction effect of this ammunition was not so good, so it also developed a subsonic 9mm ammunition, which will not produce a sonic boom when fired. Special team members often Carry this ammunition; the magazine is located in the grip and can carry up to 6 bullets with an effective range of 23 meters.
Wilrod’s noise reduction effect is very good. When using Balabellum ammunition, it will only produce 73 decibels of noise. There is almost no sound from dozens of meters away. Subsonic ammunition is launched. When the sound is lower, even the nail gun used for woodworking is louder than it.
Favorite of Special Forces
After the appearance of this gun, it is the first choice for special forces or special agents to perform special tasks, because they sometimes need to quietly perform most tasks. Killing the enemy on the ground, sneak attack with a dagger is of course a good way, but sometimes the terrain conditions do not allow, members of the special forces need to covertly shoot the enemy at a longer distance, Willlord silencer pistol just can play a role, one or two At a distance of ten meters, the 9mm ammunition can kill in one hit, and it is very convenient to fill the gun.
The United Kingdom produced a total of about 2,800 Willlord pistols. These guns are mostly provided to special air service regiments and special commandos, and a small amount is also provided to certain special agencies of the US military These guns assisted the Allied forces in completing many special tasks.
After World War II, these guns were still involved in the battle. They were thrown into the Korean battlefield, the Vietnam battlefield, and the Falklands War. They rarely showed up after that. Information shows that when the British army entered Iraq in 1991, the special air service regiment carried them. One is probably used in some special operations.
The significance of silencer guns for special tasks
Guns Because of their special structure, most guns will have a reduced power after the silencer is added, and the silencer effect There is no effect on the complex frontal battlefield. Only those teams performing special tasks need silenced guns, and the lower the noise of the guns, the better, and the rate of fire is not so important.
It is the Willlord silencer pistol that has such characteristics, and it can be used for a long time after World War II. As a design during World War II, the specific data and silencer technology of the gun have always been British. High-level secrets, it is still the top technology in the world of silenced guns, and this is enough to show the technological level of the UK.
