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I was reading in a book I bought about Soviet/Eastern European firearms made in the past 100 years ...

They had a section about a 7.62x39 handgun round that was essentially used for assassinations because it was a silent round due it's design and pinless firearm.

Anyone know about the technology behind it?
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Robocop had it right. During WWII the OSS used silenced rounds in .30 caliber. That round uses a captured piston to propel the bullet. It was subsonic. Got one somewhere in my junk. Will try to find it.

BTW: There is a silenced HE Frag round for the 40mm M203 and M79 grenade launchers.
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