Kiss of death (firearm)

The kiss of death or lipstick pistol was a pistol used by the KGB during the Cold War.[1] It was a single shot 4.5 mm pistol hidden inside a lipstick holder.[2][3]

Lipstick pistol

An example found in West Berlin at an American checkpoint is now held by the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.[4] One is used throughout Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater by EVA.

Notes
  1. "Lipstick Pistol". International Spy Museum. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. from Gizmag retrieved August 22, 2009
  3. World's first spy museum opens in America BBC News Online, 18 July 2002. Accessed 2009-08-24.
  4. Lipstick pistol Archived September 22, 2005, at the Wayback Machine from CNN retrieved May 23, 2008
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