<-- Has no 'combat' experience either. More like a few childish brawls involving a brick to the back of the skull (which is why I'm deaf on the left side, btw). -So you're on your own if people start shooting at you [i]through[/i] cover. I do know that if you let someone with a battle-rifle too close to you, [i]they can send a bullet through a tree-trunk or sandbag and right into the person behind it[/i]. [@Error] Thompson reproduction? Even back in the 1940's, the Thompson (all versions) had a known issue of breaking and being an utter pain in the ass to fix when people where shooting back. Especially at night. Worked great when it worked; a full ammo-drum doubled it's weight up to that of a loaded M1918A4 B.A.R. though. (.45 ACP isn't much lighter than a .30-06 round, just smaller and MUCH less powerful [has issues penetrating cover]) -It was often fired from the hip because firing it while standing from anything other than a benchrest was an utter pain. (stick-mags are the exception, which btw, the dovetail-groove complicated reloads but were necessary to keep the magazine aligned before magazine-wells were developed) Also, due to the machine-gun 'ban' of 1936, privately-owned Thompsons (and replacement parts) are rare since the reproductions weren't allowed to have parts-commonality to the originals and existing ones are nearly non-transferable. [i]A semi-auto-only version is still pretty deadly in the right hands, though.[/i] Note to others: A Ford Transit (truck) is a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_truck]box-van/cube-truck[/url].