The Thompson SMG commonly had two different types of magazines, a 30 round magazine and a 20 round magazines these two magazine types were seen all over ww2, with all versions of the Thompsons but I’ll be talking about the M1A1 and potential for the M1928A1 too.
Stats: for the M1A1 Thompson (20)
Br2
Same rate of fire and dmg as the M1A1
And it would be placed in the research tree foldered under the Owen gun in tier 2.
Why add it?:
The US tree commonly used thompson magazines yet doesn’t use the more common early war magazine size, the 20 round magazine which was used from Tunisia down to the jungles of the pacific, plus even when a larger magazine was available, soldiers stuck with the 20, on top of that the 20 round magazine is already modeled in.
Which use the exact same magazine model as each other.
Reason for stats:
So the M1A1 Thompson would have a bit more of a struggle for recoil due to its smaller magazine size, but also should be an accurate gun to make up for its small magazine and low rate of fire.
Would you like a TT 20 round M1A1 Thompson?
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Also random photos of other 20 round thompsons no reason in particular (lie).
I know what you mean, but I still want to have it explicitly written that we don’t want to remove the M1A1 from the game, just add 20 round Thompsons to take its place in BR II. Options are nice.
The current M1A1 has no business being in BR II to begin with…
I ideally, we’d have 20, 30, and (for those that could use it) 50 round versions of all tech tree Thompson types in the tech tree as well.
Foldering in Thompson variants with variants of with the same magazine type would cut down on progression time a lot in game.Tech Tree bload is only an issue because so many items are independent…
I’m not a big expert on Thompson models and I don’t have any premium paratroopers. The NKVD squad has Thompsons with foregrips. According to people who own both squads, the NKVD Thompson is better than the paratroopers’. Overall, it makes sense, considering that in this game, Thompsons with foregrips are superior to all other Thompsons.
a little source and proof of the M1A1 Thompson accepting 20 round mags from Tom Nelson´s book.
![The world’s submachine guns (machine pistols) by Thomas Nelson