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The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the " Tommy gun ", " Chicago typewriter ", or " trench broom ") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although ...
The Buffalo Arms bolt in this original M3 is dated January 1944. The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [ 12] The M3 was chambered for the same .45 ACP round fired by the Thompson submachine gun, but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter ...
.45 ACP: 550 1941 2.8-3.1 United Defense M42: Submachine gun Close-quarters, personal security: Blowback United States: United Defense Supply Corp. .45 ACP: 700 1942 15000 4.54 25-round box magazine (also issued with two 25-round magazines welded face-to-face) M55 Reising submachine gun: Submachine gun Close-quarters, personal security
M50 Reising. The .45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Arms Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1940. The three versions of the weapon were the Model 50, the folding stock Model 55, and the semiautomatic Model 60 rifle. [ 4]
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Airborne model: Lanchester Mk I rear sight, windage adjustable front sight. The De Lisle carbine or De Lisle Commando carbine[ 3] was a British firearm used during World War II that was designed with an integrated suppressor. That, combined with its use of subsonic ammunition, made it extremely quiet in action, possibly one of the quietest ...
.45 ACP Uruguay: 1946 SMG CETME CB-61 submachine gun CETME: 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1961 SMG CETME C2 submachine gun: CETME: 9×23mm Largo 9x19mm Parabellum Spain: 1964 SMG Chropi GP10 submachine gun: Chropi 9×19mm Parabellum.45 ACP Greece: 1975 SMG Choroszmanów submachine gun: Grzegorz Choroszman 7.62×25mm Tokarev Poland: 1943 SMG CZ 75 Automatic
The United Defense M42, sometimes known as the Marlin for the company that did the actual manufacturing, was an American submachine gun used during World War II.It was produced from 1942 to 1943 by United Defense Supply Corp. for possible issue as a replacement for the Thompson submachine gun and was used by agents of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). [1]