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It was found that the only cartridge then in service suitable for use with the new lock was the .45 ACP. General Thompson envisioned a "one-man, hand-held machine gun" chambered in .45 ACP to be used as a "trench broom" for the ongoing trench warfare of World War I. [35] Oscar V. Payne designed the new firearm along with its stick and drum ...
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. [2] [4] While some variants of the 1923 were produced, the ...
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 standard-issue, military .45 ACP cartridge contains a 230-grain (15 g) bullet that travels at approximately 830 feet per second (253 m/s) when fired from the government-issue M1911A1 pistol, and approximately 950 feet per second (290 m/s) fired from the Thompson M1A1 submachine gun. The cartridge comes in various specialty rounds of varying ...
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 ]
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 ...
Reising's only competitor was the .45 ACP Thompson submachine gun. [4] The US Army first tested the Reising in November 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia. During this test, several parts failed due to poor construction. Once this was corrected, a second test was made in 1942 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Marlin began production in May 1943. Marlin's production failed to match the trials prototype performance; [3] and Marlin's original contract for 164,450 M2s was canceled in 1943 upon adoption of the M3 submachine gun. [4] The M2 is chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge and used the same 20- or 30-round magazine as the Thompson.