Editing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (section)

==Gadgets==
===Communications devices===
[[File:The Man from U.N.C.L.E. memorabilia.jpg|left|thumb|U.N.C.L.E.'s security badge; Napoleon Solo's business card; insignia of the evil THRUSH organization, CIA Museum]]
The characters in the series had a range of useful spy equipment, including handheld [[communications satellite|satellite]] communicators. A [[catchphrase]] often heard was "Open Channel D" when agents used their pocket radios; these were originally disguised as [[cigarette]] packs, later as [[cigarette case]]s, and still later as [[fountain pen]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html |title=U.N.C.L.E. Pen Communicator – Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=2017-04-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308133105/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html |archive-date=2012-03-08 }}</ref> One of the original pen communicator [[theatrical property|props]] is now in the museum of the CIA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/cia-museum-tour/index.html |title=CIA Museum Tour – Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=2011-03-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612181426/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/cia-museum-tour/index.html |archive-date=2007-06-12 }}</ref> Replicas have been made over the years for other displays, and this is the second-most-identifiable prop from the series (closely following the U.N.C.L.E. Special pistol).<ref name="cia.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114063512/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |title=U.N.C.L.E. Pen Communicator – Central Intelligence Agency |publisher=Cia.gov |date=2007-11-08 |access-date=2011-03-05}}</ref>

===U.N.C.L.E. car===
A few of the third- and fourth-season episodes featured an "U.N.C.L.E. car", which was a modified Piranha Coupe, a plastic-bodied [[concept car]] based on the [[Chevrolet Corvair]] chassis built in limited numbers by the custom car designer [[Gene Winfield]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wyotech.edu/post/2009/06/10-top-tv-cars|title=10 TV Cars You Wish You Owned|work=wyotech.edu|access-date=2011-07-10|archive-date=2009-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628084952/http://news.wyotech.edu/post/2009/06/10-top-tv-cars|url-status=dead}}</ref> The U.N.C.L.E. car had been lost after the end of the TV series, but it was found in Colorado during the early 1980s, and it was restored to original condition by Oscar-winning special effects artist Robert Short of California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c-we.com/piranha/shrtstry.htm|title=Return of the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." Car|work=Robert Short}}</ref>

===Weaponry===
{{main|The Man from U.N.C.L.E. gun}}
[[File:Robert Vaughn Man from Uncle 1964.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Robert Vaughn with his P-08 "The Vulcan Affair"]]

[[File:Senta Berger Robert Vaughn Man From Uncle 1964.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Robert Vaughn with his modified P-38 (1964)]]

One prop, designed by the toy designer [[Reuben Klamer]]<ref>Wartenberg, Steven ''Inventor of Games and Gizmos Returns to OSU to Inspire Future Entrepreneurs'' ''The Columbus Dispatch'' September 15, 2012</ref> often referred to as "The Gun", drew so much attention that it actually spurred considerable fan mail, and was often so addressed. Internally designated the "U.N.C.L.E. Special", it was a modular [[semi-automatic firearm]] weapon. The basic [[pistol]] could be converted into a longer-range [[carbine]] by attaching a long barrel, an extendable shoulder stock, a telescopic sight, and an extended [[Magazine (firearms)|magazine]]. In this "carbine mode", the pistol could fire on full automatic. This capability brought authorities to the set to investigate reports that the studio was illegally manufacturing [[machine gun]]s. They threatened to confiscate the prop guns and it took a tour of the prop room to convince them that these were actually "dummy" pistols incapable of firing live ammunition. The actual pistol used as the prop was the [[Mauser#Mauser Model 1934 pocket pistol|Mauser Model 1934 Pocket Pistol]], but it was unreliable, it jammed constantly, and it was dwarfed by the carbine accessories. It was soon replaced by the larger and more-reliable [[Walther P38]].

The long magazine was actually a standard magazine with a dummy extension, but it inspired several small-arms manufacturers to begin making long magazines for various pistols. While many of these continue to be available 40 years later, long magazines were not available for the P38 for some years.{{clarify|date=April 2012|reason=which years? Not for some years then, in the 1960s, or not for some years 40 years afterwards?}}

THRUSH had a range of weaponry of its own, much of them only in the development stage before being destroyed by the heroes. A notable item was the [[infrared]] [[sniperscope]], enabling villains to aim gunfire in total darkness. The prop was built from a U.S. Army-surplus [[M1 carbine]], with a vertical foregrip and barrel compensator, and using army-surplus infrared scopes. The infrared [[special effect]] was achieved using a searchlight to illuminate the target. The viewfinder image was a negative version of the film. When the scopes were switched on a pulsing chirp sound effect was used. The fully equipped carbines were seen only once, in "The Iowa Scuba Affair". After that, a mockup of the scope was used to make handling easier.

German small arms were well represented in the series. Not only were P38s frequently seen (both as the U.N.C.L.E. Special and in standard configuration), but also the [[Luger pistol]]. In the pilot episode "The Vulcan Affair", Illya Kuryakin is carrying a [[M1911 pistol]]. The [[Mauser C96]] and [[MP 40]] machine pistols were favored by opponents. U.N.C.L.E. also used the MP 40. Beginning in the third season, both U.N.C.L.E and THRUSH agents used rifles that were either the Spanish [[CETME]] or the [[Heckler & Koch G3]] (based on the CETME).