oldcrowcv63
Tech Sergeant
Oh? Like we did it without any help??? come on, 'fess up, it was a community effort. The US was just dumb enough to grab the lion's share of the historic PR, thinking the world would be grateful.
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Iconic shape. American know how at its best, Wins on all levels.
I did use one some time ago before handguns were made illegal. I should add that I was useless with a handgun really really bad.I think they went to 9mm because of some of the poorly trained women shooters had such a poor grip on the 45 that the recoil action wouldn't fully work.
Try it one day, instead of resisting the recoil, bring your hand back with the recoil, on some automatics, the slide won't go back far enough to feed the next round.
With proper training this could have be avoided, but they didn't want to mess up training schedules with extra training mostly for the females.
Though i've seen this happen with a man. The instructor called it limp-wristing.
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The Second World War was the first widespread conflict where the submachine came into its own as a combat weapon. There are several on this list, but none are more iconic than the Thompson submachine gun. After first achieving notoriety in the Irish Civil War and in the hands of Prohibition gangsters and law enforcement, the Thompson was adopted by the U.S. Army just before the start of the war. Despite its weight (at over 10 lbs it was heftier than most submachine guns), it was a very popular weapon for scouts, non-commissioned officers, commandos, and paratroopers, who all valued its stopping power and rate of fire.
The weapon's use was discontinued after the war, but Thompsons continued to pop up all over the world in the hands of armies and paramilitaries. It even saw action in the Bosnian War. For the soldiers who carried it in World War 2, it was an invaluable tool to keep them alive as they walked, ran, and fought their way across Europe
This is my suggestion. My Dad, who was a Sargent in the British 8th Army carried one of these across North Africa Italy. Heavy, yes but a reliable weapon. He rated it.
Cheers
John
the Owen was a legend never discovered. You could jump on it, drag it through the mud, abuse it in just about every convevable way, and it still kept going.
The Автомат Калашникова тип 47 is hardly an Iconic American Weapon, since it's Russian designed, made and primarily chambered for "Warsaw Pact" ammunition...
I agreemore of an iconic anti-american weapon i would think....
Really? I coulda sworn I'd seen the design somewhere.As much as the P-40 with the checkertail and the shark mouth looks neat, the 325th never flew them with the shark mouth.