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The SEAL "Hush Puppy" was nick-named that because it was ostensibly to be used to shoot enemy guard dogs.
The actual use was to also shoot enemy personnel, but that was considered non-politically correct by superiors, so the stated purpose of shooting animals.
The gun was actually the S&W Model 39.
The gun came in a case complete with a silencer, spare "wipes" to replace the inserts in the silencer which burned out, rubber plugs to waterproof the gun, spare parts, and special, sup-sonic 9mm ammo.
The gun had a special long slide stop.
When in the down position, the gun operated as a semi-auto.
With the stop in the up position, it locked the slide shut for best efficiency with the silencer.
The CIA "Deer Gun" was even more a secretive gun than the WWII "Liberator".
Nobody is certain exactly where it was made, or by who.
It had an aluminum main body with a screw-off tapered barrel.
As one report stated, "Cooler heads prevailed, and the Deer Gun was never passed out, almost all being destroyed".
The idea of sabotaging enemy munitions was used with great effect in Malaysia, during the "Emergency" when Chinese guerrillas attempted to seize the country.
The British SAS began "salting" caches of munitions, and as the guerrillas began to loose, and have difficulty getting ammunition, they increased the percentages to the point where MOST of the enemy's grenades would explode the instant the arming lever was released.
The British even developed means by which weapons themselves could be invisibly altered to explode on firing.
The US Special Operations forces in Vietnam did this under a variety of code names, including "Elder Son" "Bolo Beans", "Italian Red", and "Italian Green", among others.
The early sabotaged ammunition was by pulling bullets and filling cases full of Bullseye ball powder.
Grenades were altered to explode as soon as the arming lever was released, mortar shells exploded upon being dropped down the tube.
Later, more effective means of altering ammo were developed, and munitions were altered or even manufactured in Taiwan and other Asian countries for SOG and other Special Ops unit's use.
Special Ops people like SOG, SEALs, Ranger and LRRP/LRP, Special Forces, and others were so active, that all US personnel were specifically warned NOT to fire any enemy ammo or use any munitions.
Special Ops actually had 7.62x39 ammo manufactured in Taiwan for their own use, due to the danger of using enemy ammo.
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