Thompson Submachine Gun - Users

Users

• Australia Used by Australian forces during WWII until it was replaced by the Australian-made Owen submachine gun.
• Canada
• People's Republic of China: Limited, sometimes unlicensed copies.
• Republic of China
• Croatia
• France
• Greece Used by Greek armed forces, resistance fighters, Gendarmerie and police units during World War II and immediately postwar.
• Haiti
• India Used by Chindits in Burma campaign
• Indonesia Used by Indonesian Army Special Forces in 1950-1970s
• Ireland: 123 used by the Irish Defence Forces during the Emergency.
• Israel:
• Italy: Captured examples pressed into use by the Italian Army prior to September 8, 1943. Also supplied to partisans and to the Italian Co-Belligerent Army. After the war, it was mostly issued to Italian Air Force troopers and the Carabinieri.
• Luxembourg: M1A1 in service 1952-1967, replaced by Uzi.
• Nazi Germany: Captured from United States Army, limited use in Second World War
• The Netherlands: In early World War II, at least 3,680 Thompsons acquired through Lend-Lease.
• New Zealand
• North Vietnam: Unlicensed copies. Used by North Vietnamese soldiers in the First Indochina War
• Portugal: Small number bought for police use, designated m/1928
• Republic of Korea: Captured by People's Liberation Army and limited number received from U.S. government; limited use in Korean War and Vietnam War
• South Vietnam
• Soviet Union
• Sweden
• Turkey:Limited received by U.S.government used at Korean War
• United Kingdom
• United States: Employed by the United States Marine Corps and by United States Army 1938.
• West Germany: Limited number received from U.S. and Used at Nazi Germany
• Yugoslavia
• Malaysia
• Philippines