[Drammach]

Sorry, should have been more precise.
My comment concerning machine guns not being used in WW1 should have read, Sub-machine guns.
I am referring of course, to the history of the Thompson submachine gun, which just missed use in WW1, and instead, was placed on the civilian market.

[harpseal]

I like to think of myself as an histortian. Although teh American army did not use submachineguns in WWI the German army did employ at least one 9mm submachinegun. Off the top of my head I can not give you the name and model but such a weapon was issued to the Kaiser's aqrmed forces. The Thompson gun was an American design in response to the usefulness of this weapon.

Of course at teh time of the NFA enactment US forces in China were issued some of the Thompsons. I can not speak about Marines in Latin Amererica at that time perhaps someone else can. In any case the short barreled shotgun was chosen primarily because the case could be fraudulently argued that it had no military usage as if it had such a usage then it would have been unconstitutional to tax it the way the NFA did.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown