FP-45 Liberator

The FP-45 Liberator was made during WWII for use by the Resistance in Europe and the Far East, although mainly used in China and the Philippines. The Liberator was produced by the Inland Guide Lamp Manufacturing Division of the General Motors Corporation, being made from June of 1942 to August of the same year. Over 1,000,000 were made during this time at a rate of approximately one per six seconds, thus becoming the only known weapon to take longer to load than to make, since it took ten seconds to load. To hide the fact that it was being mass produced, it was named Flare Projector Caliber .45 (FP-45).