Assassination Device

KGB issued 'Cigar Tin' pistol.

Assassination Devices are usually clandestine firearms disguised as a non-weapon to conceal their true purpose and are used by Assassins, Secret Agents, Spies, Terrorists, et. al. Occasionally used by intelligence agencies or Spy Services of all kinds and from various governments during the World Wars and the Cold War, many have been found in different forms such as Pens, Cigarette Lighters, Cameras, Mobile Phones, Key Fobs and are often seen in Spy/Crime-Thriller movies or similar media. It must be noted that many are hard to identify or are props.

Note: This page exists to list all the disguised firearms that are made out of, or hidden within other innocuous items that have appeared in films, television shows, anime or Video Games. It is not a place for other weapons (such as darts, or hidden knives, or daggers, or garottes). It is also not the place for firearms that are exceedingly small or just easily concealed, such as derringers or micro-pistols, since under most circumstances their purpose as a firearm is still quite apparent. Only firearms whose true nature has been deliberately disguised, usually by concealment within another object built around it or by being assembled from innocuous-looking parts, should be listed on this page.

For example, a derringer designed to be quickly retracted up a sleeve on a special mechanism would not count as an assassination device since it was not disguised within an innocuous-looking object purposely built around it nor was it assembled from several innocuous looking parts, but an NRS-2 knife (seen in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty), which carries a hidden single-shot firearm in its handle would count, despite obviously being a possible implement of violence, since its true nature as a firearm is not readily apparent. So would the infamous "Golden Gun" of the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun," or the "Thermos Gun" of Alien: Resurrection.

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
U.S. Marshals		Prison Inmate	XL-17 Pen Gun	1998
You Only Live Twice			Cigarette explosive projectile gun	1967
Licence To Kill	Timothy Dalton	James Bond	Signature Camera Gun	1989
Never Say Never Again			'Union Jack' Ballpoint Pen	1983
The Black Windmill			Briefcase	1974
Johnny English			Pen	2003
Mission: Impossible	Jon Voight	Jim Phelps	Pistol assembled from radio	1996
Munich	Eric Bana	Avner	Bicycle pump	2005
Innerspace	Vernon Wells	Mr. Igoe	Prosthetic hand	1987

Television

Show Title / Episode	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
The Unit / "The Conduit"	Dennis Haysbert	CSM Jonas Blane	Wheelie bag carrying handle	2006 - 2009
The Unit / "The Conduit"	Scott Foley	Sgt. Bob Brown	Wheelie bag carrying handle	2006 - 2009