Sleeve gun
Sleeve gunorwrist gunis a generic term for a small firearm designed to be concealed under a long-sleeved coat or jacket—in fictional examples there is often a device with a mechanism to extend it out into the hand to fire.
Real examples
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The "sleeve gun" was developed duringWorld War IIbyStation IXof theSpecial Operations Executive.The design was byHugh Reeves.[1]It was essentially a version of the noise-suppressedWelrodpistol, minus the pistol grip, and produced in both.32 ACPand9×19mm.[2][3]Between 150 and 200 of the guns were manufactured almost certainly byBirmingham Small Arms Company.[4][5]A Mark 1 version was designed but it is unclear if it ever made it off the drawing board.[6]
Fictional examples
[edit]Though designs vary, most fictional sleeve guns involve a small conventional pistol on a sliding or telescoping rail, which quickly releases the weapon into the hand for firing,[7]either by a trigger mechanism, or just the sudden movement of the forearm. Such sleeve guns have appeared in multiple media.
Comics
[edit]- Punisher Back to School Special(1992–1994)[8]
- Blade of the Phantom Master(2001–2007)
Films
[edit]- Mr. Wong in Chinatown(1939)
- Taxi Driver(1976)[9]
- Blood Debts(1985)
- Red Heat(1988)
- The Adventures of Ford Fairlane(1990)
- Aces: Iron Eagle III(1992)
- Maverick(1994)
- Desperado(1995)
- Alien Resurrection(1997)
- Equilibrium(2002)
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith(2005)
- Hot Fuzz(2007)
- Sukiyaki Western Django(2007)
- Sherlock Holmes(2009)
- Django Unchained(2012)[10]
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare(2024)
Television
[edit]- The Wild Wild West(1965–1969)[11]
- Hogan's Heroes(1965–1971)
- Jumanji(1996–1999)
- Archer(2009–2023)
- NCIS: Los Angeles(2009–2023)
- Justified(2010–2015)
- The Walking Dead(2010–2022)[12]
- Fargo(2014–present)
- Timeless(2016–2018)
- Vice Principals(2016–2017)
- Gotham(2014–2019)
- Warrior(2019–2023)
- Walker(2021–present)
Video Games
[edit]- Assassin's Creed II(2009)
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood(2010)
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations(2011)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022).The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson.Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 1:40-1:50.Retrieved4 August2022.
- ^"Sleeve Gun".Timelapse.Retrieved2011-01-19.
- ^Fredric Boyce and Douglas Everett.SOE The Scientific Secrets.
- ^Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022).The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson.Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 9:10-9:30.Retrieved4 August2022.
- ^Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022).The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson.Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 10:30-11:00.Retrieved4 August2022.
- ^Jonathan Ferguson (15 Jun 2022).The silenced, concealable stripped back Welrod, with weapons and firearms expert, Jonathan Ferguson.Royal Armouries. Event occurs at 2:25-2:40.Retrieved4 August2022.
- ^Wolfgang Michel:Britische Schalldämpferwaffen 1939–1945: Entwicklung, Technik, Wirkung.ISBN978-3-8370-2149-3
- ^Punisher Back to School Special"Sorry, My Mistake", vol. 1, #2 October, 1993
- ^Leigh, Danny."Why we are locked in the back of Taxi Driver's mind".The Guardian.London.Retrieved4 August2017.
- ^Steinberg, Don (14 December 2012)."Tarantino Tackles Slavery".The Wall Street Journal.Archivedfrom the original on 27 July 2022.Retrieved27 July2022.
- ^"Jim West's Sleeve Gun (Wild Wild West) ".Central Intelligence Agency.Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-29.Retrieved2011-01-19.
- ^"East (The Walking Dead)",Wikipedia,2021-10-19,retrieved2021-12-27
External links
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Media related toSleeve gunat Wikimedia Commons- Firearm with underarm gun stock
- Firearm apparatus to be worn on the user's forearm
- Forearm gun
- Multi-Barrel Firearm Apparatus Worn on the User's Forearm
