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Marlin UD-42 from the Dutch Resistance

Marlin UD-42 from the Dutch Resistance

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Published on January 11, 2018
Duration: 7:41

This video examines the Marlin UD-42, a pistol originally designed by Carl "Gus" Swebilius for High Standard in 1940. Despite initial rejection by the US military, the Dutch government ordered 15,000 for their East Indies colonies. Due to production limitations, United Defense took over the contract and subcontracted manufacture to Marlin. Production delays meant the guns were not delivered before the Japanese conquest and were subsequently repurposed for OSS and SOE operations. They became valuable assets for supplying Resistance groups across occupied Europe, with this specific example having provenance from an OSS covert supply drop in Holland.

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