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Шпионские примочки КГБ. В основном фотокамеры.

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   a huge number of these intriguing Moscow inventions are now part of the SPYSCAPE collection - far too many to mention - but we're excited to share a dozen of them with our readers. KGB cigarette box camera ‍ The KGB hid a  Kiev-30 subminiature spy camera  in what appeared to be a package of John Player Special cigarettes - a popular brand in Britain, the US, and Southeast Asia. The metal packet, large enough to hold the camera and a few cigarettes, was housed within a larger cardboard box to simulate the JPS packaging. (Not to be outdone, American spies developed their own cameras in the post-WWI era to fit neatly into a pack of Lucky Strikes.) ‍ ‍ KGB suit with button camera This smart KGB suit jacket is designed to accommodate a subminiature KGB F-21 button camera (measuring 3” x 2” x 0.5’). A remote-control trigger is hidden in the exterior pocket, causing a tiny door in one of the buttons to open so the camera can fire. Much like the umbrella-cam below, the F-...