BEN74 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hello. Had to share these pictures with you. Ben74 Motif: Navy's Women's Corps 1942-1945 Course 2-1942 Weapon Parade - Thompson .45 MP Colt -Pistolcal .45.11,25 cm Motif: Marine Women's Corps 1942-1945 Liverpool 1943. Training with Thompson .45 machine gun Pictured persons: From left: 1.Gretha Holtedal.2: Mrs.Hansen Motif: The Navy Women's Corps 1942-1945. Training training course - 1945 Thompson MP cal. Motif: Navy's Women's Corps 1942-1945 Course 2-1945 Weapon training with Thompson machine gun cal. 45 M / 1928 Motif: Marine Women's Corps 1942-1945 Practice shooting with Thompson MP cal. 45 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN74 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) One more from Norway WWII. BEN74 ThIs MODEL OF 1928 NO.S-119291 followed Claus Helberg at the heavy water action in 1944. The gun has been camouflaged by white paint, traces of this are visible. Edited January 4, 2019 by BEN74 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adg105200 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Never seen any of those before. Thanks for sharing! Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Ben 74,Nice photos, and like Andrew said, I have not seen them before, thanks for sharing. PM sent Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl7422 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Probably sacrilege, but I dig the winter camouflage paint. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN74 Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Is the white strap on the one camouflaged by white paint British?Believe its marked M.W.å S.F. 1942 + a cross? BEN74 Edited January 4, 2019 by BEN74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Is the white strap on the one camouflaged by white paint British?Believe its marked M.W.å S.F. 1942 + a cross? BEN74I am not sure about the manufacturer, but yes the sling is British, or Commonwealth pattern. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Probably sacrilege, but I dig the winter camouflage paint. . . Something I have seen a lot of soldiers doing in the 1980's in Chad, for sand camo; not with Thompsons though, but with AKs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanDavid Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) The second photo shows a date of 1943 in Liverpool - which I would assume is the major port city of Liverpool in the UK. The guns appear to have retained the sling swivels in the factory position, rather than being moved to the British preference. These must have been guns that Norway ordered and paid for? I saw a documentary on the History Chanel the other day about the raid on the heavy water plant and apparently a Thompson was deliberately left behind as a calling card. Perhaps it was meant to show the raid was a military one to try and reduce reprisals on the local population. Regards AlanDSydney Edited January 12, 2019 by AlanDavid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN74 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Hi AlanD. There is made a Kirk Douglas movie about the raid on the heavy water plant in 1965 called "The Heroes of Telemark" its ok.I saw it a couple of years ago. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059263/ BEN74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN74 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 I didn't see it first, which gun is that? Anyone know? BEN74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk VII Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 It's a Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 And another one lying on the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) The guns at first appear to be American, all of them. But, judging from the bright barrels visible through the ejection ports on what seem to be M1911s, we may be looking at British contract Argentine Ballester Molina .45s. Several thousand were produced and delivered in 1942. I don't see a white sling, or any slings at all. This appears to have been a photo op, not live shooting. Missing are the things associated with shooting. There are no ammo boxes, range personnel, sand bags, targets, etc. We don't stand shoulder to shoulder when firing automatic weapons, unless we want to get peppered with ejected cases. The guns, all of them, look fresh out of the crate. Great images! Thanks for posting. Edited January 11, 2019 by TSMGguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN74 Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Hi TSMGguy. The hand guns can be Norvegian M1914 Kongsberg Colts. The Navy had lots of them, do not know if they got some of them with them on the ships that seiled for the UK in 1940. The last blury picture is live shooting according to the text.Pictures is one M1912 only 95 made and a m1914 32000 made. 1916-1947. BEN74. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk VII Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Is the white strap on the one camouflaged by white paint British?Believe its marked M.W.å S.F. 1942 + a cross? BEN74That will be M Wright & Sons of Quorn Mills, Leicestershire. Still in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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