Can Anyone Confirm the use of M1A1 Thompson on the Eastern Front?

From "Colt .45 Service Pistols" Clawson
US deliveries to USSR
SMG cal .45 all types 137729
Pistols .45 1911 and 1911A1 12997

WWI Russian contract

51100 Government Model Colts .45 were shipped to Russia 19 Feb 1916 to 18 Jan 1917, serial numbers in C23000-C89000 range, They were marked like commercial arms except for "ENGLISH ORDER" stamped in Cyrilic on lh of frame. This mark was to show the order had been handled by the British Purchasing Commission which was handling Allied orders.
 
green said:
From "Colt .45 Service Pistols" Clawson
US deliveries to USSR
SMG cal .45 all types 137729
Pistols .45 1911 and 1911A1 12997

WWI Russian contract

51100 Government Model Colts .45 were shipped to Russia 19 Feb 1916 to 18 Jan 1917, serial numbers in C23000-C89000 range, They were marked like commercial arms except for "ENGLISH ORDER" stamped in Cyrilic on lh of frame. This mark was to show the order had been handled by the British Purchasing Commission which was handling Allied orders.
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Source "Colt .45 Service Pistols" Clawson, I cannot make the source more clear.
Also "The Government Models" Goddard
Also "Flaydermans Guide to Antique American Firearms"
 
Is this a Red Army soldier in the Fuhrerbunker with a Thompson???

I'm not an expert with uniforms but this is a still from a documentary on the Fuhrerbunker.

FuhrerBunkerThompson.jpg
 
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