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Originally Posted by Ts4EVER
About the Thompson in the pre 1941 HQ: I was always under the impression that the British only ordered Thompsons per Lend and lease AFTER the experience of the 1940 campaign. Before that, NCOs and officers carried pistols.
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You may well be right. I know for a fact that even Home Guard units had the Thompson in March 1941, which is three years earlier than the carbine, but I'll look into this and post what I find.
cheers,
Cross