In the book German 7.92 Military Ammunition they touch on 2 "bull pups"(actions in the stock),one semi auto (Luger mag,and toggle action),and one bolt action (just a Luger mag). Both were 9mm with shoulder stocks,and silencers. The bolt action made less noise than the toggle action.The author reported he only heard the firing pin strike. These cost over $3500 to make in 1939 at DWM,and only 2 were known to be produced.These were equiped with Zeiss 4x optics and were intended for "clandestine" work.The man who gave the order to produce these prototypes got mixed up with Hitlers assassination plot,and was executed by the Gestapo. When Army Intel got these in 1961,an original bullet from the gun was checked and found to have a frangible projectile. If you see the book,its got a good drawing of the bolt action version,as well as a pic of the X-ray of the complete bullet. Mabey this is what the article was talking about?
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