Quiz of the Day - 29 November 2012

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This is where it all started. The predecessor to all assault rifles, the pictured sub-machine gun was widely used in the WWII.

Identify it.

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Quiz of the Day - 24 November 2012

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The capture shows a single sub-machine gun of British origin that was made during the 1990's in a machine shop, located at the garage of a private individual near Belfast, Northern Ireland.

A fairly simple, home-made gun, it was designed to accept Sten magazines.

Identify the gun, used by the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force during The Troubles.

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Quiz of the Day - 16 November 2012

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A WWII era underground production gun forms today's question.

The gun's designer was a blacksmith and self-taught amateur gunsmith from Poland. During the German occupation of Poland he became a gunsmith of the local Bataliony Chłopskie underground Polish resistance organization. In spring of 1943 he completed a working prototype of his own submachine gun. Today, only a single example of the sub-machine gun or machine pistol exists.

Identify the gun. 

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Quiz of the Day - 09 November 2012

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Today's question takes us to, probably, the most iconic of all guns.

The photo shows an example of the field-stripped sub-machine gun packed in a violin case. 

These guns were favored by the law-enforcers, as well as, the outlaws and have featured extensively in real and reel life battles, wars and gun-fights. Some early models of these examples had a cyclical fire rate of 1500 rounds per min, while the later models averaged around 600 rounds per minute.

Identify the sub-machine gun.

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Answer: The answer is Thompson submachine gun, affectionately called the Tommy Gun. It is an American submachine gun, invented by John T. Thompson in 1919 and became infamous during the Prohibition era. It was a common sight in the media of the time, being used by both law enforcement officers and criminals. The Thompson was also known informally as the "Trench Broom", "Trench Sweeper", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano", "Chicago Style", "Chicago Organ Grinder", and "The Chopper".
Ali and Ranadip Choudhury got this correct! :)