Here are some examples of deadly weapons used by agents engaging in real-life spycraft. Despite what the James Bond movies may have you believe, spies don’t often wear tuxedos nor do they likely spend their time in casinos. And few spies today would use a Walther PPK—a gun that was developed when current Bond Daniel Craig’s grandfather might have been a young man. There were plenty of “secret” guns that spies have employed over the years, but usually it wasn’t a weapon concealed in a camera such as the kind 007 was once issued. The Welrod Rather than a pocket pistol like the PPK, members of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War II were equipped with the Welrod. Made by the Birmingham Small Arms Company, it was a suppressed pistol that fired a .32 ACP round. It operated like a bolt action rifle and wasn’t quick to operate—but it was meant to be far quieter than other firearms of the era. The internal suppressor successfully quieted the gun to around 73 decibels, so not exactly the super quieting silencer that is seen in movies and TV shows but still enough to keep from drawing too much attention.