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During WWII, the Allies dropped examples of cheap easy to reproduce weapons such as the Sten to resistance networks in occupied Europe. How did these fighters know their homemade copies would work? For example, over 600 SMGs were built in Warsaw. Wouldn't the test firing of weapons raise the alarm?

by /u/Gracchus__Babeuf in /r/AskHistorians

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