>>63980604
Not even close. The Thompson was very expensive and time consuming to make, and heavy, and it was still pretty expensive and time consuming by the time they got to the M1A1 pattern, but the thing does work very reliably.
Compare to Kp-31 or MP34, also expensive and not ideal, but they at least work really well.
Just on the American side, there was the Reising M50 and M55, which worked ok in a civilian life mainland America setting, but suffered very miserably in the Pacific Theater, and had various shortcomings which made them disliked by the U.S Marines who had to depend on them.
The Reising is light and handy, and easy to shoot, but the magazines are kinda bad, and parts were not readily interchangeable (which nobody had told the Marines). The Reising should have stayed at home where it belonged, really.
I'm sure there was something worse somewhere else, but it's the first one which comes to mind.
>>63980611
Yeah. I understand the practical aspect, Glock mags are commonly available and work well, and some people like not having to buy new mags, but straight and curved just looks better for subguns.
I'll give the Kriss Vector a pass because of how its lines as a whole align with the Glock mag.
>a perfectly vertical grip is just what you want for a short LOP
Actually never thought of that aspect, but I suppose you're right.
