9
MANUALS
BY
DAVID ALBERT
Following the lecture done at the 14th All Thompson Show and
Shoot by Michael S. and myself new information on
Thompson paperwork has poured in. With the help of the TCN
we hope to continue to provide information on newly discov-
ered versions of manuals and paperwork.
This quarter we have a complete collection of Model of 1921
manuals from France. All of these manuals were printed
during the Vici-Occupied France time period. When Germany
over ran France it allowed the southern part of France to be
governed by the French puppet government lead by Vici. The
government was allowed to establish an army equal in size to
the one allowed to Germany after the armistice for WWI. The
army was well trained and given the best equipment captured
or available in France. When Germany took control of all of
France, most of this French army escaped to Africa to become
the "Army of Liberation."
The manuals above include (top to bottom, left to right) the
edition of 1941, edition of 1942 and the edition of 1944.