I suppose you are right. Thanks for the replies....

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Don't Be Afraid of The Enemy You Can See, Be Afraid of the Ones You Can't.

Thanks Captain,
Here is another good link with pictures. This is the company who made my Thompson.
They have a nice library of pictures and some history to the weapon.

They even have some pics of the Canadian war drive, with Thompson’s that some of you could use In signatures

http://www.auto-ordnance.com/photolibrary.html


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Not so Rude,
RudeDog
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Yeah, when did the round 100 clip magazine come out? It defiantly wasn't out during ww2 and lots of movies with gangster mobs used them.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Captain Canuck:
If they got them in battle, were they allowed to keep it and use it for the rest of their service? Or did they have to hand it in and use their regular weapon?

I just find it interesting to know the little things about the war. Anyone know a good website about WWII? Tech talk or otherwise about certain battles and weapons. I just don't want a US perceptive through.

Anyone?

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http://feldgrau.com is the best ww2 site ive seen ;]


its ball based on the axis forces though


[This message has been edited by Lorenz (edited February 11, 2002).]

This shall be moved to the OFF TOPIC B.S fourm! would you saY

They had drum magazines in the pacific in WW2. They are worth $$$$ now-a-days.

Hey Spiewalk, I just noticed your from Vancouver, I have been there many times, with work. I must say, your very luck. When I travel, Vancouver is my #1 choice. I love that city. Hopefully going back in April.

Two wounded U.S. Army infantrymen emerge from the dense jungles of New Georgia Island in Southwest Pacific Area, and make for the beach, to be evacuated in a Higgins boat.
Acme Newspictures photo and caption dated October 13, 1943
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http://www.landi.net/usarmy1.jpg


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Not so Rude,
RudeDog
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Here's who made the WW2 carbines:
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"Real" GI Carbines

U.S. military-issue M-1 Carbines were made during World War II by several manufacturers. All are marked on the receiver, to the rear of the sight. When the adjustable sights were adopted, they usually covered the manufacturer's name and sometimes the serial number too.

"Import" carbines are US GI carbines that were sent to other countries, then sold back to US importers.

The wartime manufacturers' markings are:

Receiver Marking
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Manufacturer
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INLAND DIV. Inland Manufacturing Division
General Motors

WINCHESTER Winchester Repeating Arms Co.

UNDERWOOD Underwood Elliot Fisher

NATIONAL
POSTAL METER National Postal Meter Company
QUALITY H.M.C.

UN-QUALITY Quality Hardware and Machine Corp.

I.B.M. CORP. International Business Machines Corp.

STD.PRO. Standard Products Co.

ROCK-OLA Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp.
SAGINAW S.G.

SAGINAW S'G'

IRWIN PEDERSEN Saginaw Steering Gear
Div. General Motors

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Who carried it and etc:

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M1 Carbine: The War Baby

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The M1 Carbine: the War Baby. Baby because it was so much a 3/4 scale rifle; War Baby because it was the product of an urgently conceived requirement equally urgently satisfied by "Carbine" Williams and his colleagues at Winchester.

The Carbine was intended to "fill the gap" between the 9+ pound, full power M1 Rifle and the capable, but limited by its caliber, M1911A1 pistol. The intended user was the officer, the artilleryman, the signalman, the truck driver and the like, for whom the M1 Rifle was just to big and inconvenient to be practical, but who also needed a weapon with more useable reach than the pistol. At any but point-blank ranges the Carbine was easier to hit with than the pistol, too. More than 6 million Carbines were produced by a plethora of contractors, from hardware manufacturers to jukebox companies.

After WWII the Carbine soldiered on in the hands of US troops and their allies right through Vietnam. It was particularly popular with small-statured troops, a popularity only overshadowed by the M16 as it became available.

Loved by many, reviled by a few, the M1 Carbine seems to capture the hearts of most who see and handle it. If imitation is the most sincere compliment, the Carbine-like Ruger 10/22 in its millions has paid the Carbine the highest complement!

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[This message has been edited by Arclight (edited February 11, 2002).]

I.B.M. made weapons...did not know that.

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Don't Be Afraid of The Enemy You Can See, Be Afraid of the Ones You Can't.

Yup and as Arclight mentioned so did Rock-ola. same guys who make jukeboxes http://www.alliedassault.com/ubb/smile.gif

-STONER
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Nice info guys!

Let's continue the discussion in the Off-Topic forum http://www.alliedassault.com/ubb/smile.gif

Hi,

Just a general question about the Thompson. I thought that only officers or NCOs used it? Were regular troops allowed to use it as well? Or where they stuck with the M1?

Just want to know, because I am under the impression that the Thompson was a rank/status type of weapon?

And another thing, I keep seeing some Brits with it. I suppose they used it too?

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Don't Be Afraid of The Enemy You Can See, Be Afraid of the Ones You Can't.

I think NCO's (like sergeants) used them, but the grunts used the M1 or the occasional BAR.

In the TV series "Band of Brothers" even privates carried the thompson.

Yah only higher ranks used the Thompson. Miller, all of those guys were sgts. If you watch the series over, you can see that it seems like the sgt outnumber the pvt 3 to 1. Therefor it seems like everyone has the thompson. On D-day the soldiers used what ever weapons they could find, or were issued. In BoB the pvts rarely used the thompson as in real life.

privates only got them if they came across a dead CO or NCO