m1928 tsmg

[fjruple]

Yes, those are in the book. There's nothing about Brass however, until i brought it up to another old soldier that told me they were made in Turkey, which made sense. The markings were exactly correct...

Here ya go, Jim. Link to a Small Arms Review article on the Turkish built Thompson including the Brass one including pictures.

http://www.smallarmsreview.com/displ...darticles=1249

--FJR

[browningautorifle]

An excellent piece of info on the T guns, thanks for that. Although the first paragraph was to say the least, complete sh*t...about UN troops carrying masses of ammo and foreign weapons. That would violate UN rules and could see you getting shot by foreign powers... But it's a Van-Doo story after all.

I still remember the Thompson I held being a '28...not M1. I remember seeing patent dates on it too. It was about perfect, and we were in contact with them every day so we were used to seeing them. There were every feature and both major configs...M1 and '28A1. There were no vertical foregrips and I never had a chance to go over them to see if there were any '21/'28s or not. Lots of 20 vs 30 rd mags though. Lots of 5 cell and 3 cell pouches. Most just on a pistol belt. Mostly Kerr slings too. Then there was the MP38 and the #5 carbine...

[can14&]

There are also some 9mm model m1thompsons in Canada also. Auto Ordnance spent time up here trying to
make sales to the Commonwealth. In some ways they were successful.

[Peter Laidler]

Thread 23 above. Was this 9mm project a wartime thing or post war? Were Auto Ordnance based in Canada too then? I thought only BSA were involved in the 9mm project - and that was pre-war.

[can14&]

War time. Gun was based on m1/m1a1 tsmg. Many rare guns ended up here. I don't know if the Canadian Government
asked for these guns or were offered them. But somehow they got registered into the system. Montreal Depot had most
of the tsmg stuff. Back in the day, all of the tsmg stuff came in boxes with their name on it. Nickel bolts, 21 parts etc
There was lots of it. So maybe Auto Ordnance set up shop there and helped send guns to the UK.

[#1oilman]

Makes me long for the good old days, I sold mine in 1977 at the time the local registrar would ask me " how's this one shoot" and even give me shells when I would bring in a new sub machine gun. They have no sense of humour now. I feel sorry for those here in Canada that will never know the thrill of emptying a 50 round drum down range

[browningautorifle]

Were Auto Ordnance based in Canada

I don't believe Auto Ord ever had a leg here. As you know Peter, "We" don't need help with anything. Send it and we'll sort it out. I'm sure they didn't set up shop. Lots of trials stuff was circulated, most of exactly what and who is conjecture now.

Things happen though, like when we purchased the Leopard tank they came with full equipment including tools, immediate spare parts, MG3 machine gun mounted on top and co-ax... The guns immediately disappeared...now are registered to private individuals.

[Peter Laidler]

I don't believe that there was a serious official effort by AO or the UK, Can govts to make a 9mm Thompson. With over 500,000 guns supplied to the Commonwealth armies generally and 105,000,000 rounds of .45 ammo (supplied up to end 1941 but 466,000,000 total) it seems as though a 9mm variant was a no-hoper. I mean....... the last things an Army needs is a mixed fleet

[browningautorifle]

I saw the ones arrive that were caliber 7.62x25 though, with stick mags. Those were neat. I know a man that rebarreled one to 9mm, bushed the bolt face and used UD 42 mags. I guess it worked perfectly. It was an M1 gun...

[Peter Laidler]

They came here too. From Taiwan, ex/captured Communist Chinese leftover stocks? Didn't they have a mag-well insert to take a curved mag as I recall? Some of them were based on the Chinese made Thompson copies