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If anyone knows the effectiveness of .25, it's this dude. Guy went through several pistols because he wore them out firing so many rounds...
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If anyone knows the effectiveness of .25, it's this dude. Guy went through several pistols because he wore them out firing so many rounds...
Blokhin initially decided on an ambitious quota of 300 executions per night; and engineered an efficient system in which the prisoners were individually led
to a small antechamber—which had been painted red and was known as the "Leninist room"—for a brief and cursory positive identification, before being
handcuffed and led into the execution room next door.
The room was specially designed with padded walls for soundproofing, a sloping concrete floor with a drain and hose, and a log wall for the prisoners to
stand against. Blokhin would stand waiting behind the door in his executioner garb: a leather butcher's apron, leather hat, and shoulder-length leather gloves.
Then, without a hearing, the reading of a sentence or any other formalities, each prisoner was brought in and restrained by guards while Blokhin shot him
once in the base of the skull with a German Walther Model 2 .25 ACP pistol.
He had brought a briefcase full of his own Walther pistols, since he did not trust the reliability of the standard-issue Soviet TT-30 for the frequent, heavy use he
intended. The use of a German pocket pistol, which was commonly carried by German police and intelligence agents, also provided plausible deniability of the
executions if the bodies were discovered later.