From: M151 (m151@cox.net)
Date: Thu Apr 27 2006 - 16:56:59 PDT
Trench Broom reference
> This is taken verbatim from the Smithsonian American
http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/thompson.htm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick v100" <rickv100@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:26 PM
Subject: [MV] Someone care to correct history
> History museum website about the Thompson machine gun.
>
>
> "During World War I, machine guns were heavy,
> crew-served weapons. Their operation required several
> soldiers. Even so-called light machine guns could not
> easily be handled by single soldiers. To meet the need
> for an individual rapid-fire weapon, several inventors
> devised submachine guns. Light enough for one-man use,
> the new weapons were nicknamed "trench brooms" because
> they swept the trenches clear of enemy troops. The
> Thompson submachine gun was the handwork of John
> Taliaferro Thompson (West Point Class of 1882). It saw
> only limited wartime use, but the "Tommy gun" in the
> hands of police and gangsters achieved notoriety as
> "the gun that made the twenties roar." "
>
> Is it me or is this way wrong.
>
> Trench brooms to me are Trench shotguns and the
> Thompson didn't come out until after WWI.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
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