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As I recall the Home Guard got the first big deliveries of the Thompson. Which means the Private Pikes had Cutts compensators but the Commandos didn't.

Wg Cdr Luddite wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 5:21 pm As I recall the Home Guard got the first big deliveries of the Thompson. Which means the Private Pikes had Cutts compensators but the Commandos didn't.

As used by my dear old Granddad to mow down a motorbike copper who didn't stop at a VCP, one dark, wild and lonely night in the village of New Moat...

He was then put on a charge by the CSM, as he only put one round from the entire drum-mag into the copper's arse (the CSM by the way, was his fiancée's (my Nan's) dad...).

Virtually all their smallarms were American - Thompsons, Springfields, BARs, Lewis Guns firing US .30 ammo and water-cooled Browning M1919 MMGs. His section had two BARs, a Lewis and a Thompson! He regarded Dad's Army as a documentary and thought it was incredibly accurate with regard to the weapons.

That's a decent amount of firepower to throw around.

Etranger wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 8:37 pm That's a decent amount of firepower to throw around.

That's what I thought... They had a phenomenal amount (after the initial knife-on-a-stick and shotgun phase, anyway).

Maybe your Grandad’s shooting explains why they needed so much...

Vintage Wargaming wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:31 pm Maybe your Grandad’s shooting explains why they needed so much...

Yes indeed... And his legacy lived on with me. I could barely hit the target with an SLR at 25 yards. With an SMG at the same range I certainly hit Lincolnshire...

Lincolnshire was asking for it.

Etranger wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:20 am Lincolnshire was asking for it.

It certainly did have it coming.

Yes, my marksmanship was judged harshly by my Peruvian bodyguard.

One day at breakfast he said that he was going off bush to set up an impromptu shooting range to do some target practice required for his licences to kill, as he had a LOT of spare ammo, would I like to join him.

Would I what? Ignoring my own responsibilities, we got the chopper to drop us outside the main work area and fired enough rounds to convince the Ecuadorians that we were about to invade. On full Auto, I managed to miss Peru completely with the AK, so he was instructing me on the use of the pistol. "Get close enough to touch the person with the muzzle" he said. "And then I pull the trigger", I said excitedly; "No, then reverse the pistol, grip it by the barrel and beat the guy to death, it's the only way you will ever kill someone with a fire arm.".

You could take out a whole glider full of German paratroopers with that sort of firepower.