Anyone here like machine guns........

lugerholsterrepair · 06-26-2011, 07:01 PM

Harry..I thought that was the point of a Thompson, you didn't have to aim.

That's a rookie Soldiers mistake. Spray and pray. One hit is worth more than a hundred misses.

And Doug has a VERY good point..where I fought ammunition was precious. You could only carry so much and you didn't waste it. Getting more was not assured.

Without getting too windy if you study the development and use of the submachine gun it was used for specific purposes, Trench sweeping, going forward thru an ambush..Only the squad leader generally carried an MP40 in the German units. Everyone else carried rifles.

06-26-2011, 07:01 PM	#11
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Harry..I thought that was the point of a Thompson, you didn't have to aim. That's a rookie Soldiers mistake. Spray and pray. One hit is worth more than a hundred misses. And Doug has a VERY good point..where I fought ammunition was precious. You could only carry so much and you didn't waste it. Getting more was not assured. Without getting too windy if you study the development and use of the submachine gun it was used for specific purposes, Trench sweeping, going forward thru an ambush..Only the squad leader generally carried an MP40 in the German units. Everyone else carried rifles. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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