Presumably an attempt to reduce the cost to manufacture the iconic handgun.

This one is also on display at the Springfield National Armory Historical Site.

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    1 year ago

    Believe that zero Liberators were ever airdropped as originally intended. Not because it was too difficult but because it was a waste of a bomber mission.

    I’m not arguing with you, just thinking out loud why and how this handgun idea ever materialized into more than a paper suggestion.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, it was definitely a ‘good on paper’ type idea. The only other possible explanation I can think of is export sales to poorer countries.