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The M1A1 Thompson submachine gun on display at the Virginia War Museum. The M1A1, standardized in October 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M1A1, could be produced in half the time of the M1928A1, and at a much lower cost. The main difference between the M1 and M1A1 was the bolt.
Headstamp for the .45 Remington-Thompson cartridge. The .45 Remington–Thompson (11.4x25mm) was an experimental firearms cartridge designed by Remington Arms and Auto Ordnance for the Model 1923 Thompson submachine gun, a variant of the Model 1921 with a longer barrel, with the intent of increasing the power and range of the weapon.
The engineers learned that the Blish lock design, which was a delayed blowback action, was ineffective with the .30-06 rifle cartridge but very effective with the .45 ACP pistol round. The birth of the Thompson submachine gun took place when Thompson had the idea of a "trench sweeper" or "trench broom".
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, at the expense of accuracy. [ 12 ]
A Mini Uzi and a Heckler & Koch MP5K, two common submachine guns. A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, [1] to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-").
Pages in category ".45 ACP submachine guns" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Thompson submachine gun; U. Uzi This page was ...
A30 wheeled machine gun mount M1; A31; A32 Cal. .45 machine gun, M1928A1 (Thompson submachine gun) A33 81 mm mortar M1 and M4; A34 3-inch trench mortar MK1; A35 "Tool, Maintenance, for Repair of Group A Materiel" Dated 1 July 1945; A36 Cal. .50 aircraft machine gun basic, M2; A37 Cal. .50 water cooled machine gun, AA, M2; A38 Cal. .50 machine ...
Lusa submachine gun: INDEP: 9×19mm Parabellum Portugal: 1983 SMG M2 Hyde: Marlin Firearms.45 ACP United States: 1942 SMG M3 Grease Gun: General Motors.45 ACP 9×19mm Parabellum.30 Carbine United States: 1942-1945, with additional production in early 1950s SMG M49 submachine gun: Zastava Arms: 7.62×25mm Tokarev Yugoslavia: 1949 SMG M50 Reising