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    Quote Originally Posted by RCS View Post
    Interesting photo shows a group of Germanicon soldiers and a captured Thompson sun machine gun. I would guess the photo is from either North Africa or Greece ?Attachment 127491
    Greece/Crete would seem the most likely looking at the writing of the shop sign in the background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    I'll bet it's an early one too, maybe a '21/'28...
    It won't be a '21, will be a '28 as it will have come from a captured/surrender Britishicon source.

    He'll have to have captured a fair amount of .45acp ammo though to feed it
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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