![]() ![]() The Thompson submachine gun ("Tommy gun") used a drum magazine in its classic form, but the drum magazines for this weapon were abandoned on the World War II models. 50- and 100-round drum magazines plus 20- and 30-round box magazines for Thompson SMG They too used 7.62×25mm Tokarev ammunition, could use either a 35-round box magazine or a 71-round drum magazine, and the latter was most common. The Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun and PPS-43 which replaced the PPD were cheaper and more reliable weapons designed in 19, respectively. The Soviet PPD submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov could use either a 35-round box magazine, or a 71-round drum magazine copied from the Finnish Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun that however used 9x19mm Parabellum instead, and the latter magazine was most common. Red Army soldier armed with a drum-equipped PPSh-41 marches a German soldier into captivity after the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943. In 1915, the Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 (German: Maschinengewehr des Standschützen Hellriegel, "Machine gun from reservist Hellriegel"), an Austro-Hungarian water-cooled submachine gun, was produced during World War I in very limited prototype numbers. Submachine guns The Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 used a drum magazine (incorporating a linked belt) and a water-cooled barrel. Hill applied for a British patent for "A New or Improved Cartridge Magazine for Small Arms and Machine Guns" in 1915 for their Farquhar–Hill rifle, and it was accepted in 1919. The Farquhar-Hill rifle from 1915 used a drum magazine. 1900s Pistols and rifles A Luger "artillery" pistol with a 32-round drumĪ drum magazine was built for the Luger (Pistole 1908) pistol although the Luger usually used an 8-cartridge box magazine, the optional 32-cartridge Schneckenmagazine ("snail magazine") was also sometimes used. Elliot, better known as the inventor of the Remington Double Derringer, in 1871. ![]() Tyler, and the first modern-type one by William H. In 1853, the first revolving drum magazine was patented by Charles N. The capacity of drum magazines varies, but is generally between 50 and 100 rounds. Drum magazines are contrasted with more common box-type magazines, which have a lower capacity and store rounds flat. Cylindrical in shape (similar to a drum), drum magazines store rounds in a spiral around the center of the magazine, facing the direction of the barrel. ![]() An example of a Beta C-Mag double drum design in use on the M4A1 CarbineĪ drum magazine is a type of high-capacity magazine for firearms. Not to be confused with Drum (American magazine) or Drum (South African magazine). ![]()
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