Hello everyone, this Thompson M1A1 sold at auction today up here in Canada. Supposedly it was in an air drop that missed its target and got into the Germans' hands in Yugoslavia. What are all your thoughts about it? Seems off to me
I agree with you, but please keep in mind that the German occupation forces in France captured an average of 4-500 STEN SMGs per month until mid 1944! All of them were air dropped by the British. In some special operations against French resistance forces in April 1944, the Germans had captured nearly 5,000 STEN guns, plus rifles, pistols, LMGs, antitank weapons, and tons of ammunition.Beautiful BS story about its history.
The Talking WaffenThompson tells all! Lol
Sure, but in this case the WaA241 - Abnahmestelle Mauser- makes no sense........The SS had some maintenance and repair workshops for weapons.
His point is that the SS did rework US and British weapons. This example is obviously bad, but there were SS reworked US weapons to include Thompson. How (or even if) they were marked by the shop at Stutthof is unknown.Sure, but in this case the WaA241 - Abnahmestelle Mauser- makes no sense........
It really WAS a nice Thompson.Another butt hole ruins a nice gun.
... and that the guns that were captured in france could easily end up in Greece. Or even Yugoslavia ..... who knows.His point is that the SS did rework US and British weapons.
Are there any photos of legitimate SS marked captured Thompson smgs?His point is that the SS did rework US and British weapons. This example is obviously bad, but there were SS reworked US weapons to include Thompson. How (or even if) they were marked by the shop at Stutthof is unknown.
His point is that the SS did rework US and British.....
That is very interesting, Georg. So a Thompson with a British acceptance mark would not be rare then??I'm very certain this gun originates from those that were sent as war aid to Russia in WWII. These remained unused in stock until somewhen in 2000s where all 20,000 were bought by an European dealer. This dealer has good connections to Canada and sells frequently to Canada.
The ones mentioned from lakes in Carinthia, these are British weapons they dumped when they left their occupation zone. These still turn up nowadays and have British acceptance stamps on them and/or British swivel configuration.