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The 15 Best Bond Gadgets of All Time

A retrospective look at Bond's most impressive stuff

Posted 12.7.06 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

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11. Deadly Briefcase

In From Russia with Love, Bond is presented with â€an ordinary black leather case,â€ according to the Q branch equipment officer-except, of course, for the 40 rounds of ammunition stored in containers that pop out from the bottom, a throwing knife that projects from the side, 50 gold sovereigns hidden in the lining and a bottle of tear gas disguised as talcum powder, magnetized to cling to the exterior. It will also explode if not opened properly. â€A smart-looking piece of luggage,â€ remarks M.
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9. Camera Gun

In a crucial scene in the 1989 License to Kill, Bond (played by Timothy Dalton) makes use of four of Q´s signature inventions in order to assassinate Sanchez, an infamous drug cartel. In order to break open the bulletproof window he plans to shoot through, Bond rappels down the side of a building using a rope concealed in his cummerbund, squeezes out a plastic explosive (disguised in a tube of Detonite Toothpaste) along the sill, and connects it to a detonator that looks like a pack of cigarettes. But the prize gadget is the gun that Bond uses from a roof across the street after the window is shattered. It looks like a camera but is converted into a long-range sniper rifle and is customized, through a sensor on the grip, to fire for only one person: James Bond. After all that, he actually misses, and he´s captured in a net by a group of ninjas.
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