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	Submachine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Italians were the first to have a submachine gun in the war, the somewhat odd, Villar Perosa which entered service in 1915 and had sort of a heavy double automatic pistol configuration, with two 25 round box magazines feeding each barrel at 300 rounds per minute for each barrel.
		The Thompson SMGs had been in development at the same time and even earlier as the Bergman and Beretta, but development went on hold in 1917, when the US and the weapon's designer entered the war.
		America and its allies used the Thompson SMG, especially the simplified M1 version that did away with the Tommy's drum magazine and some of the machined parts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Submachine_gun (1464 words)

	Thompson submachine gun
		The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun that became infamous during the prohibition era.
		It was a common sight in gangster films of the time; real-life gangsters referred to the tommy gun as the "Chicago type writer" and enjoyed its compact size and high volume of automatic fire, automatic weapons being legal for civilian possession at the time.
		Designed during World War I by General John T. Thompson, the Tommy gun was available in the.45 Caliber ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, and was used by the U.S. Army and British Commandos through World War II.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thompson_submachine_gun.html (520 words)

	C:\Canuck pending\rifles.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The SMG in WW II was the principal weapon of infantry section commanders, but were also used by dismounted tank crews, infantry officers, scouts, and other troops whose duties demanded personal protection but would be interfered with by the cumbersome service rifle.
		The Thompson submachinegun was named for its invention, US Brigadier General John Tagliaferro Thompson, who spent most of his career as an Ordnance officer involved in small arms manufacture and design.
		Thompson retired again 1918, and his new weapon was not perfected in time to be used in World War One.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /weapons/smgs.htm (937 words)

	M1A1 Thompson Submachine Gun
		In their attack on the Marines in Chosin, the Thompson Submachine gun was one of the weapons they used.
		One of the main assets of the Thompson submachine gun was reliability; it performed better than most submachine guns when exposed to dirt, mud and rain.
		In 1942 the original Thompson M1928 which had the cocking knob on top of the receiver and utilized the Blish Lock system of operation was redesigned as the Thompson M1A1.
	www.rt66.com /~korteng/SmallArms/thompson.htm (502 words)

	Spent Casings No. 5 : Stunt Suit Shirow
		SMGs are small to medium sized weapons that are capable of, sometimes limited to, fully automatic fire.
		Tactically, SMGs are used when you know you will be going into combat, like a SWAT unit or VIP bodyguards, their higher firepower than typical handguns being a large plus.
		SMGs also have a unique role, in that the weapons can be fitted with a sound suppressor and subsonic ammunition, and used by covert combat units to deal with trouble silently.
	spentcasings.pitas.com /basics.html (1010 words)

	Submachine gun - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The MP18 was used in a large numbers by the stormtroopers which were so effective in the final year of the war, although they were not enough to prevent Germany's collapse in November of that year.
		In the inter-war years the submachine gun became notorious as a gangster weapon; the iconic image of zoot-suited James Cagney types wielding drum-magazine Thompson SMG s caused military planners to shun the weapon.
		The concept was a sound one, and the subsequent proliferation of assault rifles, most famously the AK-47, has seen the submachine gun fade from mainstream military use.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /submachine_gun.htm (869 words)

	Encyclopedia: Submachine gun
		Thompson M1928 The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun (SMG) that became infamous during the Prohibition era.
		A small number of pistols have been available in fully-automatic or burst-fire variants, such as the Glock 18, the Stechkin, the Beretta 93R and the Heckler and Koch VP70.
		The Uzi SMG The Uzi is a compact, boxy, light-weight submachine gun.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Submachine-gun (3571 words)

	Day Of Defeat Forums - BAR/44 should be less accurate while moving
		SMGs would finally achieve dominance of the Close Quarter Battle situation (right now, there is little to no difference in advantages between a BAR vs an MP40 in a CQB.
		But what I am arguing is to not so much to maintain realistic-minded gameplay, but to emphasise the real-world-roles of these types of guns, while taking into account that most DOD engagements occur at very SHORT ranges, when compared to the average combat death in the real world wars (which is like 130 yards).
		The Thompson as an example was primarily issued to officers and not the privates that might have been doing most of work clearing buildings.
	www.dayofdefeatmod.com /forums/showthread.php?s=90e3d80f987628c11898b2948cce75c2&threadid=18063 (2897 words)

	THOMPSON SMGS
		The Thompson Submachine gun, also known as the Tommy Gun, was a popular submachine gun that became (in)famous during prohibition.
		Designed during World War I by General John T. Thompson, the Tommy Gun was available in the.45 Caliber ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) cartridge, and was used by the US Army and British Commandos through WW2.
		Domestically, it was used by law enforcement, most prominently by the FBI, until 1976 when it was declared obsolete, and all Thompsons in government possession were destroyed, except for a few token museum pieces and training models.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/THOMPSON+SMGS (225 words)

	RedWolf Airsoft - Professional Airsoft (Softair) Retail and Wholesale From Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The photo showed how the case held the Thompson (with the butt stock removed and placed on the other side of the case) a 50 round drum mag, a removed pistol grip, and the tools to attach all of the parts onto the gun.
		Overall the Thompson is a great gun and using one in the battle field is a mark of unique player.
		In fact the Thompson provided the upper and lower reciver for the gun, The rest of the gun was made of plastic and the shot gun part came from the Spas 12.
	www.redwolfairsoft.com /redwolf/airsoft/ForumThread?id=41&topicID=78 (3646 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Submachine gun
		The submachine gun (sometimes called SMG) appeared during the later stages of WWI and was a product of trench warfare.
		The MP18 was used in large numbers by the stormtroopers which were so effective in the final year of the war, although they were not enough to prevent Germany's collapse in November 1918.
		The Thompson SMGs had been in development at the same time and even earlier, but development went on hold in 1917, when the US and the weapon's designer entered the war.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Sub-machine_gun (1370 words)

	FileFront Forums - SMGs worthless? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		I still use the thompson sometimes cos I got that ultra realistic thompson skin and the new sound you get with it is awsome, and I still use the SMG in tight spaces because the thompson has more bullets in a clip ang faster firerate.
		When gunfighting with an oponent with an SMG don't move side to side, it's better to describe a circle around the enemy while firing at him, it will be dificult for them to hit you because of the bullets delay.
		I don't find SMG's useless, although I never use the american guns nor do I use the britsh because I use russian soldier skins thus I must use russian weapons soooo I never use SMG's often because the PPSch-41 is rather nerfed in MOH......
	forums.filefront.com /showthread.php?t=70663 (1314 words)

	WWW.NSSF88.ORG ~White Resistance Manual~ This is Race War! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		SMGs are most effective when employed in confined spaces, indoors and in very dense forest and jungle settings.
		The SMG is probably the only weapon which will benefit from laser sights in a combat situation.
		Equipped with laser sights the SMG can be accurately fired "from the hip" with both eyes open, a great advantage in close combat.
	www.nssf88.org /WRMv2_4/Submachineguns/8_Submachineguns.htm (485 words)

	FileFront Forums - Rifles and Smgs...I know I know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Two shots for a kill is acceptable for smgs, pistols and carbines, but rifle calibre rounds and everything larger than that should kill with one shot, at least to the upper body.
		Understand that a pistol and WWII SMG are 2 entirely diffrent weapons even when using the same munition, although some "modern" SMG are in fact high ROF pistols with pistol range......they are compact weapons with a pistol lenght barrel.
		I fight with SMG there, but often am shot like a dog by rifles at distances it is impossible to retalliate with the SMG.
	www.gamingforums.com /showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=169532 (2307 words)

	Modern Firearms - SubMacineGuns - Intro
		After WWII, SMGs became standard issue for members of fighting forces and support vehicles, for assault teams, and even for special police forces.
		SMGs usually eat standard or improved auto-pistol ammo, and have the size and weight comparable to the largest of handguns.
		Providing ability for greater firepower with auto-fire, SMGs are good offensive and defensive weapons while range is generally lesser than 200 meters.
	world.guns.ru /smg/smg00-e.htm (120 words)

	Submachine Gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The UZI is one of the few of my guns that did not require polishing or tuning before it would function properly.
		The Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, was an American submachine gun (SMG) that became infamous during the Prohibition era.
		Thompson coined the term andquot;submachine gunandquot; but the press needed a term to catch the...
	www.bizwatch.info /submachine_gun.html (200 words)

	Thompson Sub Machine Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		In their attack on the Marines in Chosin, the Thompson Submachine gun was one of the weapons...
		Thompson submachine gun, US Navy Model of 1928, with Cutts compensator.
		A Thompson submachine gun could be purchased either by mail order, or from the local hardware or sporting goods store.
	www.bizwatch.info /thompson_sub_machine_guns.html (227 words)

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		You can take them however you wish, but the easiest is to sneak two men with SMGs to the rocks on the south of the bottleneck and wait for the patrol to come forward to their deaths.
		Use one man with an SMG and good sneaking skills to sneak inside the fence and take the first hangar - go to the door in the west, take out the guard standing inside, then watch for someone to come in from the smaller inside room.
		Two snipers is a must, and while SMGs are going to be useful you really also need some M1 Garands, as they're more useful at the slightly longer ranges that you will need to fight from to pull this mission off.
	www.cheatcc.com /pc/sg/deadly_dozen.txt (25242 words)

	THR - Military Thompson Submachine Gun Questions
		The "Navy Model" Thompson, as often issued to the Marines in the Pacific (the Navy being the first of the armed forces to purchase the weapon) was identical to the regular M1928, but had a horizonal foreend and the cyclic reduced to 600rpm or so.
		So many Thompson's were lost in the North Atlantic to German subs, people said the bottom of the Grand Banks were lined with Thompson guns, but still, many, many thousands were received and used.
		When the US finally started buying the Thompson gun, they were fitted with the horizontal Navy fore end from the start, and the 50 round drum was issued, since no 30 round mag was available yet.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=72331 (2474 words)

	Day Of Defeat Forums - Realistic SMGS : MP40 / Thompson / M3A1 / Sten
		The only different SMG is the Grease Gun, which obviously fires at a slower ROF than all other smgs.
		In fact, the Thompson was known for it´s high (compared to other smgs) recoil, which made the weapon ineffective at distances over 60 meters (Read that I wrote ineffective, not unusable!).
		The Thompson should not be the same as the MP40 or the Sten or the Greasegun.
	www.dayofdefeatmod.com /forums/showthread.php?s=566cf16638ba7a2dbcbc1b5df20691cb&threadid=139 (1422 words)

	FileFront Forums - Out of these four WW2 SMGs... which one prevails? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Thompson fired a hard-hitting, although short-ranged,.45 caliber pistol round from a 20- or 30-round clip or a 50-round drum, which was less popular for military use.
		It was lighter than the Thompson and much easier to manufacture, and fired a slower 500 rounds per minute, which helped control the recoil.
		Many may also argue that it was more accurate than the Thompson, up to 100 meters or so (as opposed to the Thompson's 50 meters, in this case), but in truth both guns were pretty much just as accurate and the recoil did much of the determining of the accuracy and effectiveness over range.
	forums.filefront.com /showthread.php?t=177218 (1976 words)

	IW Nation - The OFFICIAL Infinity Ward Forums -> Weapons notes
		And since anyone can grab an SMG and get kills, regardless of experience or skill level, that is what you are going to see on the pub servers, no matter how perfectly the weapons are modeled.
		The aim of the strafing SMG shooter is hardly penalized to the same degree by the same hit.
		This is quite different from January, before the patch, when the Thompson (6699), PPSH (4650), and MP 40 (3423) all were ahead of the MP 44 (2828).
	www.iwnation.com /Forums/index.php?showtopic=4532 (2775 words)

	FileFront Forums - Rifles and Smgs...I know I know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		However, once there is one close quarters fight in a battle, smgs are like a plague that spreads through both teams; both teams just trying to have a fair fight.
		The rifles weren't rail guns but were still great at long range and the Smgs (less the ppsh which is better know) were only good at close range unless you knew how to use them well; then they were decent at medium range.
		SMGs are good as is. You either need to work on your aiming or find a better server.
	www.gamingforums.com /showthread.php?t=169532 (2631 words)

	Guestbook Story Page
		Ken's love of the.45 Thompson leads into the story of the time my uncle used the Thompson as a counter-sniper weapon against a German sniper that had been harassing his unit.
		Those of you who know the Thompson know that this is stretching the capability of the weapon, but you would have to know Ken to understand.
		My uncle always said that the Thompson was more accurate than people ever gave it credit for and that smoking is hazardous to your health, especially in combat.
	www.nfatoys.com /tsmg/web/storyhdr.htm (1949 words)

	Suomi SMG
		Suomi SMGs were always issued to the most capable men and used with devastating effect during close combat in the forests.
		The original Suomi SMG's thick barrel jacket was a liability when defending a bunker; it could not fit through small firing slits and if the gun was kept completely inside the bunker, the shooter was blinded by the muzzle flash and gunsmoke.
		In practice the heavier jacket was often kept semi-permanently attached to the tank turret and a standard barrel jacket was attached to the weapon when it was taken outside the tank.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~ejuhola/7.62/suomi.html (942 words)

	[Marstar Canada]: Rifle & Submachine Gun Manuals (Page 2)
		A comprehensive history of the Thompson military SMG by Frank Iannamico.
		Many rare photos of markings, variants, and of the Thompson in action.
		This is a quality reprint of the original Luger manual of the early 1900s.
	www.marstar.ca /books-smg.htm (188 words)

	THR - WWII: How common were sub-machine guns?
		Passed out STEN guns and Thompson's heavily to Commandos and lots of other troops early in the war, and lots of STENs throughout out due to the speed and low cost to make them compared to a rifle.
		Speaking of SMG's, the Soviet PPSh was apparently highly prized loot to the Germans on the Eastern Front.
		In the U.S. Army, the SMG (Thompson or M3) was issued to tank crews as their personal weapon.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=100501 (1878 words)

	TM UZI review
		The ideas taken from that German SMG had more to do with the general outline of the Uzi SMG not the internals.Uzi Gal presented the SMG to his commander and later to the Prime Minister of Israel.
		At first the army was a bit skeptic about the weapon and was afraid to manufacture the new and untested weapon, however after many tests a limited order of a 100 units was made by the army.
		Eventually the Uzi SMG provided a much needed replacement for the Stan and Thompson SMGs which had many problems and jammed quite a bit.
	www.arniesairsoft.co.uk /reviews/tm_uzi/tm_uzi_review.htm (1359 words)

	submachine_gun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Thompson SMG s had been in development at the same time and even earlier, but development went on hold in 1917, when the US and the weapon's designer entered the war.
		In the inter-war years the submachine gun became notorious as a gangster weapon; the iconic image of zoot-suited James Cagney types wielding drum-magazine Thompson SMG s (often called "Tommy gun") caused some military planners to shun the weapon.
		After WW2, the submachine guns popularity in the military continued but began a slow decline, primarily being replaced by assault rifle s.
	goc.subdomain.de /submachine_gun (1230 words)

	Gunboards - historic smgs as compared to modern smgs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Posted - 03/17/2005 : 12:40:58 AM I am curious what you gentlemen who have fired historic smgs, like the sten, sterling, mp44, ppsh41 or greasegun, how you would compare their handling and controllability versus a current mp5 or colt or whatever you think is the better contemporary smg.
		One smg that I think would kick the tar out of any "modern" sub gun would be the pps43.
		Posted - 03/24/2005 : 3:46:18 PM When the assault rifles became avalable, the SMG were religated to the rear areas by anyone with a budget.
	www.gunboards.com /forums/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=95447&REPLY_ID=548114 (2912 words)

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