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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 ...
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.
B16 List of all Parts of Arms Locker, Arm Rack, Arm Repair Chest, and Pistol Cleaning Kit; B17 Rifle, U.S., cal. .22 M1922, M1, and M2 [9] B18 Pistol, Pyrotechnic, M2; B19 Pyrotechnic projector, ground M1A1 [10] B20 Tools, Maintenance For Repair Of Group B Materiel (Handguns, Small Arms, and Pyrotechnic Projectors)
This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.
The .30 M1 and M1A1 ammo boxes were packed four to a crate that weighed around 90 pounds and had a volume of 1 cubic foot. The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes.
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-").
M1A1 Thompson submachine gun. Model of 1921 Thompson; Model of 1928 and M1928A1 Thompson; M50 and M55 Reising; M1 and M1A1 Thompson; M3 and M3A1; Heckler & Koch MP5 (some variants) Machine guns M60 7.62mm machine gun. M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun; Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning ...
M1A1 Thompson: Submachine gun.45 ACP United States: Used in the GSDF until the 1970s M3 submachine gun: Submachine gun.45 ACP United States: Still used in limited numbers by vehicle crews. [4] M1903 Springfield: Bolt-action rifle.30-06 Springfield United States: M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle: Light machine gun.30-06 Springfield United States