HOW DID THE TOMMYS USE M1911s?
The British, along with their Australian and Canadian cousins, had at least a passing affinity with the M1911 platform going back to the days of the Great War. Canadian troops carried the hardy John Browning-designed pistols on the Western Front as early as 1914 and the "daring young men and their flying machines" of the RAF often had .455-caliber M1911s along for their fight against the Red Baron and his Flying Circus, ordered on a special contract.Fast forward to WWII and the M1911 was commonly issued to elite Commando and Parachute units.
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