Quiz of the Day - 04 November 2012

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The gun, shown in the picture to the right, was a successor to the Liberator pistol developed by the CIA. This single-shot gun was intended for distribution to South Vietnamese guerrillas as a weapon against North Vietnamese soldiers.

Identify the gun.

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Answer: The answer is Deer Gun. The single-shot Deer gun was intended for distribution to South Vietnamese guerrillas as a weapon against North Vietnamese soldiers. One production run of 1,000 Deer guns was made in 1964 as an initial run, with the final cost projected as US$3.95 per gun. Rather than the Vietnam war being a small clandestine war, it became a full scale war where the Deer gun would not be as useful as foreseen. Some Deer guns were evaluated in Vietnam, but the fate of the rest is unknown.
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