WW2 Russian with Tommy Gun
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peter2772000
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Funny, I was about to post a question asking if my newly acquired M1A1 will accept a drum mag. Then I see this pic. Thanks 
angrysoldier
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lots of tommys in the bottom halifax harbour.
I remember a couple of years ago when Sportsmans Guide was selling Thompson parts kits imported from Russia. they said in the write up that the Thompsons were issued with the M5 Stuart tank (in the picture) and that they were never used as the caliber didnt match the supply chain.
The parts kits were being offered as new and non issued and it makes sense (at least to me) that they didnt want to introduce another firearm / non standard caliber into the supply chain.
The parts kits were being offered as new and non issued and it makes sense (at least to me) that they didnt want to introduce another firearm / non standard caliber into the supply chain.
I would have thought that Ivan found the M1928 as the only useful thing on a Stuart. Tank was certainly no match for anything else on an Eastern Front battlefield.
#1bcshooter
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Funny, I was about to post a question asking if my newly acquired M1A1 will accept a drum mag. Then I see this pic. Thanks
Thats not a M1A1 in the picture & no the will not take a drum mag
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Against aircraft, there is what's known as the "Golden BB" A lucky hit in the right place will bring down an aircraft.
Winchester-1897
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The most fun gun I have ever fired
most forces had infantry return fire on enemy aircraft, a platoon of riflemen is like a really big shotgun, and planes are mostly aluminum. the soviets had all ground forces fire on low flying enemy planes, including mortars. even if one bullet punches a hole in one item, the whole plane needs to be checked and grounded for some time to repair any damage that bullet caused
If you read accounts from WW2 pilots, liquid-cooled engines were particularly susceptible to damage to the radiator (often on the belly). Once you started losing coolant, it was only a matter of time until the engine stopped working.
peter2772000
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Well it worked for Ben "butthead" Affleck in the latest movie rendition of Pearl Harbor where he cleverly decoyed that swarm of Zeros past the tower so his guys could give them a good hosing with their Thompsons.
Well it worked for Ben "butthead" Affleck in the latest movie rendition of Pearl Harbor where he cleverly decoyed that swarm of Zeros past the tower so his guys could give them a good hosing with their Thompsons.
Don't laugh, there is a story of a US airman shooting down a zero with a 1911a1 while hanging from a chute!
Funny, I was about to post a question asking if my newly acquired M1A1 will accept a drum mag. Then I see this pic. Thanks
If you look closely, you can see the Cutts compensator and charging handle on top of the receiver; two distinguishing characteristics of a M1928(A1) Thompson compared with an M1.
Drum magazines were discontinued with the introduction of the simplified M1 for a number of reasons: they were expensive to produce, heavy, bulky, and they rattled. The same number of rounds loaded into stick magazines weighed less than when loaded into a drum.
AKA the luckiest man alive.
Kidding aside, FM 23-40 on The M1928A1 dated 1940 devotes a couple of pages to the engagement of aircraft. IAW this, to hit a 30ft long aircraft travelling 200 mph @ an altitude of 400 ft the gunner would need to apply 20 "leads", a "lead" being the length of the aircraft. That translates into 600ft-or a couple of football fields!
