1951

You're quite right ... now I look, I can see it. Is it an M2 with a fun switch, or an M1 with a 30 rd mag, I don't suppose you can tell, the switch is just too small.

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Originally Posted by mrclark303

Is it an M2 with a fun switch, or an M1 with a 30 rd mag,

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Don't know what you guys are talking about...it's got the auto selector and bayonet lug, pot belly stock...would suspect it's a proper M2. I had one years back that was among the first made in 5/45 by Inland so why would a correct M2 in Korea be strange?

There has always been a dispute as to which was the better close-quarter small arm of the Korean War: the Soviet designed PPSH 41 or the US M2 carbine. As both these
weapons were predominant in issued over other types such as the M3 grease gun (The Thompson might have seen more use by the Chinese)

The PPsh 41 with the round mag had 71 rounds the stick mag held 35 ROF 900-1000RPM effective range was 125-150M Max range 200-250 whilst the M-2 was limited to 15 or 30 round mags ROF 750RPM with an effective range of 270M so good for the M-2 if your fighting in a fairly open space but in say an urban/thick cover area then the PPsh spray and pray with a drum mag would certainly hold the edge with 71 rounds over 6 Million of them were made and used extensively by the USSR in WWII which they sometimes equipped entire companies with them giving massive fire power for close in fighting.