Thread:Inesea/@comment-6191693-20130303023449

I read your article on your SMG and I've got a few things to say about it. Firstly, it's way to advanced to have been invented in 1898. It's clearly based on the Thompson, on which research was not even begun until 1915 and didn't go into production until 1919. Plus, when it did go into production, the early models were only capable of about 600 rpm and only had a muzzle velocity of 285 m/s.

Now, if you wanted to develop an identical weapon 15-20 years later, I would be totally fine with that, but not in 1898. 