Assassination gun

Image from "The Ultimate Spy Book" by H.Keith Melton. © 1996 DK Publishing. Used by permission.

This silenced weapon was designed to be folded in a newspaper and fired from that concealment. The effect of its silencer is heightened by the fact that it is designed to be fired while pressed against the victim's body.

The KGB built both conventional and gas-firing versions of this weapon, which is similar to concealed and silenced weapons built during World War II.