The Submachine gun was invented in World War 1 roughly during the years of 1914-1918, where as the apex of it's use was during the second World War (1939-1945)
It's first days of use were in the close combat situations of Trench Warfare, where the longer barrels of your standard assault rifle would greatly cripple a solider's combat performance.
Thompson submachine gun was developed for use in World War I.
No, John Thompson developed it after an idea that was expressed constantly during the war - something was needed on the order of a "trench broom" (submachine gun). It saw extensive service in WW II and Korea, and the early days of the Vietnam war.
The standard infantry rifle was the same one as in WWI, the Short Model Lee-Enfield Rifle, in .303 caliber. The Sten submachine gun, the Bren light machine gun.
9mm submachine gun of German design, made by Heckler & Koch. Made in the 1960's. The MP5 is currently one of the most widely used submachine guns in the world. Its successor is the Heckler & Kock UMP.
The Machine gun was the most effective weapon in world war one. It killed more than 7million people out of 8 1/2million. Used to protect trenches. It was effective enough that a counter measure had to be developed to overcome it. The tank. Even in WW2, Gen Patton stated that the primary weapon of a tank was it's machine gun, and not it's cannon.Was and still is.
Thompson submachine gun was developed for use in World War I.
It was called the Sten with a stick magazine out of the side of it
In 1938 this submachine gun became popular with the U.S. Military, which they utilized during World War II. Today these guns are collected by many gun enthusiasts, and are worth between $25,000 and $40,400.
yes because it could a sten mark 2
the best weapons used in WWII are, in my opinion, the; Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle US Thompson M1 submachine gun German Mauser Kar98k rifle German MP40 submachine gun
Thompson submachine gun was created in 1919.
During World War II the United States used a couple different sub-machine guns such as the M3/A1 "Grease Gun", the infamous Thompson sub-machine gun the M50/55 Reising the M42 and the M2 "Hyde."
No, John Thompson developed it after an idea that was expressed constantly during the war - something was needed on the order of a "trench broom" (submachine gun). It saw extensive service in WW II and Korea, and the early days of the Vietnam war.
about $15
Best known was the STEN gun.
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No, The P90 is a Belgian designed submachine gun.