FP-45 Liberator Pistol: WWII Single-Shot History
FP-45 Liberator Pistol: WWII Single-Shot History. The FP-45 Liberator was a crude but ingenious single-shot .45 ACP pistol designed to arm resistance fighters in occupied territories during WWII. Learn how this { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com#person", "name": "Guns.com", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/guns_com", "description": "Guns.com is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/051ae4b8-b4ad-436d-b320-52e0e58d4b5c.png" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/fp45-liberator-wwii-pistol-history#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/fp45-liberator-wwii-pistol-history" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/fp45-liberator-wwii-pistol-history", "headline": "FP-45 Liberator Pistol: WWII Single-Shot History", "name": "FP-45 Liberator Pistol: WWII Single-Shot History", "description": "The FP-45 Liberator was a crude but ingenious single-shot .45 ACP pistol designed to arm resistance fighters in occupied territories during WWII. Learn how this", "articleSection": "Gun Reviews", "articleBody": "The FP-45 Liberator was a crude but ingenious single-shot .45 ACP pistol the United States built during World War II to arm resistance fighters in occupied territory. Stamped from sheet metal and costing roughly $2.10 apiece, it was less a fighting gun than a tool of psychological warfare — a way to hand partisans a chance to kill one occupier and take a better weapon. In a walkthrough from the Guns.com Vault, Alexander with Guns.com breaks down one of the rarest and, in his words, \"maybe one of the dumbest firearms from World War Two.\" The Vault is Guns.com's destination for historical, rare, and fine firearms sourced both from their Minnesota warehouse and across their dealer network. Despite its throwaway design, the Liberator marks a genuine piece of American manufacturing history — one that almost didn't survive the war. Alexander explains why so few originals exist today and what makes an authentic example worth chasing for WWII collectors. Key Takeaways The FP-45 Liberator is a single-shot .45 ACP pistol designed to be air-dropped to resistance groups in occupied WWII territory. The US manufactured roughly one million units at about $2.10 each — under $50 adjusted for inflation today. Each drop included 10 loose rounds of .45 ACP, a wooden dowel rod to eject spent casings, and a picture-based instruction sheet. Around 25,000 were dropped in France; the vast majority were dumped in the ocean or melted for scrap …