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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.
M3 Grease Gun: General Motors.45 ACP 9×19mm Parabellum.30 Carbine ... Thompson submachine gun: Auto-Ordnance Company.45 ACP
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 ...
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.
Auto-Ordnance Corporation was created by John T. Thompson in August 1916 with the backing of investor Thomas Ryan. In 1915 Thompson had found the Blish Lock patent of Commander John Blish, which was the operating principle of the first prototypes of the Thompson submachine gun and the Thompson Autorifle. In exchange for shares of the newly ...
An improved Hyde-Inland 2 was designated U.S. Submachine gun, Caliber .45, M2 as a substitute standard for the M1 Thompson in April 1942. As Inland's manufacturing capacity became focused on M1 carbine production, the US Army contracted M2 production to Marlin Firearms in July 1942.
It succeeded at both goals, but it was almost immediately replaced by the cheaper grease gun. Used 20-round or 30-round Thompson magazines. M3 and M3A1 submachine gun: Submachine gun Close-quarters, personal security: Blowback, open bolt United States: General Motors.45 ACP: 91 450 1943 655363 3.61-3.70 30-round magazine. M50 Reising submachine ...
Thompson submachine gun.45 ACP: Submachine gun United States: M3 submachine gun.45 ACP: Submachine gun United States: M50 Reising submachine gun.45 ACP/.22 LR: Submachine gun United States: United Defense M42: 9×19mm Parabellum, .45 ACP (prototype model only) Submachine gun United States.45 ACP was used only in prototype model.