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Originally Posted by rcaf_777
I know we talk about heavy weapons and APC/IFV but what about small arms?
Here is a website about Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines
http://www.m1carbinesinc.com/carbines.html
I had no idea they were still being produced or after the war so many number were produced
A few examples
From 1962 to 1978, the PLAINFIELD MACHINE CO., INC. of Middlesex, New Jersey made about 112,000. The Iver Johnson Arms Company bought the Company in 1978 and made another 92,000 until 1992.
I always wonder why the weapon was in NATO weapons book. |
Kahr Arms bought out Auto Ordinance and makes both the M1 Carbine AND semi-auto Thompson submachine guns (more properly carbines? in semi-auto?). It is popular to make the 16" barreled Thompson into an NFA SBR since a good quality full-auto can command $50K in the US.
Inland also makes the M1 Carbine as well. The popularity of WW2 reenacting has driven the market for the last 20 years or so.