Best WWII automatic weapon

[Nonskimmer]

Same here. PPSh would be the one. Knew a guy who carried one in Iraq as a personal weapon just after the invasion. Had that and a Webly for the simple reason both worked. Trashed them when he rotated out.

Really? Where the hell did he get it? And he trashed them both, eh? Damn. I'm assuming they were simply worn out by the time he was done, right?

I would pick the Grease Gun simpy because it held more ammo then most of the Thompsons

It was a relative piece of crap. It was a cheap, readily produced weapon like the Sten, to mass produce quickly for the front. It was flimsy and full of quirks and flaws. The Thompson was a much better weapon, but was more costly and complicated to produce.

 

[k9kiwi]

Toss up between the 40 and the Owen, depending on your region of deployment.

And as far as automatics go 20mm Oerlikon would be my pick.

 

[Matt308]

I would pick the Grease Gun simpy because it held more ammo then most of the Thompsons

Still in use today by the way. They have fit them with silencers for SpecOps. Go figure!

 

[Gnomey]

Still in use today by the way. They have fit them with silencers for SpecOps. Go figure!

They fitted the Sten with a silencer to for spec ops work.

 

[Hunter368]

Thompson

 

[Matt308]

Thompson

Too damn heavy.

 

[Hunter368]

Too damn heavy.

It will lighten up after you shoot about 6 enemy troops with it.

 

[Matt308]

Or 6 enemy troops shoot at you!

Point made.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Still in use today by the way.

Cool. I never would have thought. Why?

 

[Matt308]

What's ya mean?

 

[Nonskimmer]

I guess maybe I should have asked "By whom, and why?". Why the Grease Gun? Surely "whoever" must have better SMG types available to them.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Im not a huge fan of the grease gun. The only reason it was made was to produce in larger numbers than the Thompson and make the cost a lot less.

I do think though provided it was cheap and all it was a good smg especially for paratroopers and armored. Its rate of fire also made it easier to aim with.

But with the Thompson; "rat tat tap, away with the Jap!"

 

[Matt308]

Where do you get this stuff, P-38?

 

[P38 Pilot]

Where do you get this stuff, P-38?

I just made that up!

 

[Matt308]

No kidding.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Nope, no kidding. It just came to my head.

 

[abhiginimav]

I would say either the Bren or the STG 44 or the sten
maybe the thompson

 

[plan_D]

I bet you used to be really indesicive - but now you're not so sure.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

 

[Gnomey]