Tommy gun in the ETO

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Originally Posted by florprien

Helo friends: i´m an argentine collector of ww2 canadian equipment, I alrady have a bren, sten, lee enfiend nº4mk1*, now i´m finding a thompson. I wanted a M1A1, but i can´t find one of this. Can somebody let my know if the canadians soldiers used the 1928m1 after the normandy landing?
Thankyou very much. best regards
My best wishes to the geof friend´s and family in this difficult time

There is an excellent, and timely! article titled 'The "Tommy's" Thompson' written by Martin Pegler in the March 2011 issue of the American Rifleman. It only deals with the Thompson in British use but it unequivocably states that Thompsons were only issued to:
Initially, Home Guard Special Units, then Commando Units (5 in total), and finally regular Home Guard units. The Brits ordered 514,000 Thompsons of all types but by April 1942 only 100,000 had arrived which led to the Sten SMG being rushed into production.

"Sten guns became a priority for issue to all European Theatre of Operations (ETO) Commonwealth Troops with the exception of the Commando brigades who were mostly supplied with Thompsons--and wanted to keep them" Martin Pegler

CHEEMO! Derek.