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The M1928A1 Thompson drum magazine was rather fragile, and cartridges tended to rattle inside it, producing unwanted noise. [76] For these reasons, the 20-round and later 30-round box magazines soon proved most popular with military users of the M1928A1, and drum compatibility was not included in the design of the wartime M1 and M1A1 models.
Thompson M1928A1 ; Type 36 submachine gun (M3 copy, PVA) Type 49 submachine gun (PPSh-41 copy) Type 50 submachine gun (PPSh-41 copy) Machine guns.
Thompson M1928A1: Submachine gun.45 ACP United States: 20, 30, 50-round magazine. 137,790 supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program. M50 Reising: Submachine gun.45 ACP United States: 12, 30-round magazine. Supplied by the United States during the Lend-Lease program.
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 ...
Blish patent Thompson M1928A1 bolt group with an "H" type Blish-lock piece The Thompson Autorifle Model 1923 (top, upright) chambered in 30-06 and SMG Model of 1921 (bottom, inverted) are both examples of firearms that used the Blish lock
Thompson M1928 & M1928A1 [3] [4] [5] Austen submachine gun ... Thompson submachine gun (France ordered 3000 Thompsons due to shortages of SMGs during invasion.
M1928 Thompson United States: M1928A1 .45 Automatic Colt Pistol: 1940 [12] M1 1943 [12] M1A1 [12] Sten United Kingdom: Mk II 9×19mm Parabellum: 1941 [12] Mk III 1943 [12] Owen Australia: 9×19mm Parabellum [12] M3 submachine gun United States: M3 .45 Automatic Colt Pistol: 1944 1953 [12] M3A1 Lanchester United Kingdom: Mk I* 9×19mm Parabellum ...
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 ...