allweaponsww2 Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Hello everybody! Who knows about this Model? Thompson with a strange grip in the hands of Winston Churchill? ps: picture M1928 it my not good work at photoshop.. Edited May 3, 2020 by allweaponsww2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) Model is a 1928 Thompson. Owned a hand guard years ago that looked similar but I always had assumed Sarco had put it together for marketing purposes. A number of Marines photographs in the Pacific theater that have vertical addition added. Less photographs of the vertical modification in European theater. Edited May 1, 2020 by Bridgeport28A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R67 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 It was a rear grip, cut square and added to the horizontal. Seen in the ETO and the PTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) It was a rear grip, cut square and added to the horizontal. Seen in the ETO and the PTO. Edited May 2, 2020 by TSMGguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) Look at the USGI directly behind Churchill.Note the US helmet, uniform, belt, trousers (Jodhpurs), etc.Note too the tall boots.....a motorcycle messenger. He's standing there looking like that's his gun that Churchill is test firing, no?And there are a couple more US Helmets beyond Winston.Did the Motorcycle Messengers modify grips like this? Wouldn't think they'd fit in their Harley WLA scabbard.Makes one wish someone had put a few notes on the back of that pic. Edited May 2, 2020 by john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av8tr Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Would a Major have been a messenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeport28A1 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 (edited) In one of the other threads that soldier standing off the the side of Winston with the tall boots was thought to be Maj. Gavin, 82nd Airborne. Edit. Likely not Gavin as he was promoted to Brigadier General December 1943 and the photo is supposed to be spring of 1944. Edited May 2, 2020 by Bridgeport28A1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 He's not a motorcycle messenger, he is (or was) a US Army cavalry officer, a major or lt. colonel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3bobby Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 The other recent thread mentioned above. http://www.machinegunboards.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24467&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 A few more pictures of US soldiers, with what appears to be similar modified hand guard. Stay safeRichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allweaponsww2 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) A few more pictures of US soldiers, with what appears to be similar modified hand guard. 504th PIR Sept 17 1944 Op Market Garden.jpg Dick Fisco509th PIB Op Dragon Southern France.jpg PFC Robert Lansley with Andy Bougainville.jpg Stay safeRichardWe look on photo No1, Tommy with 2X box XX Type magazine ("Jungle Style") like UD42.. They used them also.. Interesting. Edited May 3, 2020 by allweaponsww2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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