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Originally Posted by Commander Waffle
I might be wrong, but weren't officers issued Thompsons? I know they switched it for the M1s since it kinda distinguised them as officers, but how common was it?
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Technically they could carry just about anything they damn well pleased. Ironically on the TO&E though at the beginning of the war the platoon leader was given a carbine and the Platoon Sgt was issued the Thompson. But later it switched and then everything began to get jumbled up as soldiers did what they do best and traded up (or down) for whatever they aimed to get.