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- SOE operatives were often parachuted with clandestine radio transmitters disguised to look like ordinary suitcases. They also had specially designed explosives, silenced guns and forged papers.
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Although SOE used some suppressed weapons such as the De Lisle carbine and the Welrod (specifically developed for SOE at Station IX), it took the view that weapons issued to resisters should not require extensive training in their use, or need careful maintenance.
Special weapons. SOE operatives were often parachuted with clandestine radio transmitters disguised to look like ordinary suitcases. They also had specially designed explosives, silenced guns and forged papers.
SOE missions. Successful operations include the destruction of the Norsk Hydro Plant in Norway in 1943, which was manufacturing heavy water for the Nazis’ atomic bomb programme. By 1945, SOE was a major organisation with agent networks extending across Occupied Europe and East Asia, and had over 13,000 men and women in its ranks.
- The Welgun
- The Norm Gun
- The Sleeve Gun
- The Welrod
- The Remote Control Pistol
- Conclusion
- References
The Welgun is a prototype submachine gun developed by Station IX beginning in the summer of 1942. It was envisioned as a replacement for the Sten Mk IIs currently in service at the time. Chambered in 9mm Parabellum, it fired from a 32-round Sten gun magazine at a rate of 500 rounds per minute. During testing it could reliably feed 9mm ammunition pr...
The Norm Gun was an early experiment by Station IX to produce a 9mm submachine gun which could replace the Sten SMGs in service at the time. It was designed by Eric Norman, who named it after himself. This was the only weapon to come from Station IX which did not bear the “Wel” prefix, possibly because it did not make it very far in initial develop...
The official SOE catalog referred to this as a “short length, silent, murder weapon”. The sleeve gun was a variant of the better-known Welrod pistol; it was a simple suppressor tube with a single .32 ACP caliber round loaded into the breech before concealing up the user’s sleeve. A hole at the rear of the gun allowed a lanyard to be attached. The l...
Easily the best-known of all of Station IX’s firearms is the Welrod suppressed pistol, also referred to in official documentation as the Hand Firing Device. Produced in several variants in .32ACP and 9mm Parabellum, it saw extensive deployment and use in the European theater during World War II. After the Welrod was developed at Station IX, it was ...
The final weapon from Station IX is not a new firearm design in the strictest sense. Instead, it is a novel method for carrying and firing a Colt 1903 pistol from concealment. The creative nature of this concept marks it as a signature weapon from Welwyn. The Remote Control Pistol was developed as a last-ditch defensive measure for agents operating...
With the end of hostilities in mid-1945, Station IX’s work came to a close. The Special Operations Executive was officially dissolved in January 1946. The Frythe estate near Welwyn was eventually used as a research facility by Unilever and later GlaxoSmithKline. It has now been converted into a housing development. While many SOE personnel returned...
Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/ Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30029480 TFB TV. 26 April 2017. Top Secret WWII Machine Guns: The Norm and Welgun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWfvixdbHgk Thygesen, Anders. http://www.timelapse.dk/ Lewis, Alex....
The sten gun silencer was an ideal weapon for assassination, and it is known that it was used to kill the Norwegian traitor, Ivar Grande, in 1944. It is also thought that these guns were...
Feb 17, 2011 · The 007 factor. A hollow fake tree trunk, one of many devices created at 'The Thatched Barn' © To give agents an edge in combat SOE employed budding scientists to invent unique weapons of war.
Feb 17, 2011 · The Preliminary schools syllabus included physical training, weapons handling, unarmed combat, elementary demolitions, map reading, field craft and basic signalling (use of radio communications).
