Broadarrowmaint Posted March 9, 2019 Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 Heres a neat photograph of my grandfather in the Korean War. It sure the story behind the Thompson in the photograph, could have been a captured Weapon photo op, who knows. I regret not asking about this before he passed. Very cool photo though. Thank you! That’s more like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted March 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2019 anyone in the military ever see a S&W 76 anywhere? they claim to have been used in Vietnam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 anyone in the military ever see a S&W 76 anywhere? they claim to have been used in VietnamI know they were used in 1974 during Operation Melon. Unfortunately this offensive operation turned into a massacre. Here is the video to prove it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ndArmored Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Was this followed by Grapes of Wrath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Going back to the original question of this post "What Happened to all the Thompsons After WW2?", I was reading through the Guns.Ru website the other day, which has a lot of references to the Soviet use of Thompson guns. The subject under discussion was lack of availability of Thompson SMGs for collectors in Russia, despite the huge amount of Thompsons that entered the civilian markets in Europe and USA, (parts kits and deactivations), from the stocks of lend-lease weapons that were stored in the Ukraine.A reply in the thread, posted in November 2018, reads: “and by the way, for those who cry about the fact that there will be no more Thompson from the balacle. I’ll tell you in secret that there are a lot of them in the warehouses of Belarus”. This was translated from Russian by Google Chrome, and the word 'balacle' does not make any sense to me, but the 'secret', if true, may be of interest. Stay safeRichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 There is a ton still around of that cache of 100 round drums that went to Russia, I was offered the batch i said get them to Switzerland and something could be worked out soon. {Country of export and origin thing} at that time. It never worked out. they had been packed and stacked. it was a few hundred.I told the main guy 100 grand would be about Fair, they said nope a few hundred grand was more like it due to the Crazy American Thompson collector paying thousands for just one. this was about ten years ago. Yeah been around the block on may deals And they are not all advertised in Shotgun news, or gun list.or a basement dudes video combat forum. Sad case since there was a bunch in Malta, and in Greece territory warehouse.And of course that stash found in Libya of German and American firearms and a few other places. The coolest was a rack of 24 unissued late war K-98's in a police station In Germany. Take one if you like however it is you're problem to get it back to the states. Asking why you still have them? In case of a emergency. I bet they are using them now. A 1,000 tales of a 1,000 deals are out there, Just to locate them all. And get it done.RON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) There is a ton still around of that cache of 100 round drums that went to Russia, I was offered the batch i said get them to Switzerland and something could be worked out soon. {Country of export and origin thing} at that time. It never worked out. they had been packed and stacked. it was a few hundred.I told the main guy 100 grand would be about Fair, they said nope a few hundred grand was more like it due to the Crazy American Thompson collector paying thousands for just one. this was about ten years ago. Yeah been around the block on may deals And they are not all advertised in Shotgun news, or gun list.or a basement dudes video combat forum. Sad case since there was a bunch in Malta, and in Greece territory warehouse.And of course that stash found in Libya of German and American firearms and a few other places. The coolest was a rack of 24 unissued late war K-98's in a police station In Germany. Take one if you like however it is you're problem to get it back to the states. Asking why you still have them? In case of a emergency. I bet they are using them now. A 1,000 tales of a 1,000 deals are out there, Just to locate them all. And get it done.RON Ron,The first time I fired a TSMG, was when I was serving in Chad in the 1980's. At that time in Faya-Largeau, our most northerly base in Chad, and closest to Libya, you cold find every type of weapon imaginable, including many from WW2 both allied and axis weapons. First time I saw an MP 44 was in Faya, but never got the chance to fire that one. The only souvenirs I have from that time, are my Médaille d'Outre-Mer & Croix du Combattant. Stay safeRichard Edited November 17, 2019 by rpbcps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted November 17, 2019 Report Share Posted November 17, 2019 Richard glad you made it home and alive and in one piece thanks for that picture.Many did not make out out of Libya area from 1942from thru today. Yet the firearms have survived. good History there.thanks for that.Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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