u/Kalashalite

I can't stop looking at that G.I. Commando and I'm not sure why.

Cold Steel Black Bear Bowie made in South Africa, Giant Puffball for scale.

Puffball Anomaly + SAR-3

" Another supply source was also used: Submachine guns of the Spanish Republican soldiers arrived in France in 1939 after the “Retirada.” Those shooting the 9mm Largo cartridges were discarded; only those firing the 9mm Luger cartridge were kept (Schmeisser, Steyr-Mannlicher, MP 34, Tallinn, Suomi, FAI, etc.), but their disparity and the lack of magazines prevented the use of all these weapons.

Only 3,250 Vollmer Erma SMGs could be used but only 1,540 magazines were available. The research of manufacturers in France or in Switzerland was unsuccessful. Only 700 to 800 Vollmer Erma SMGs could be used.

Other proposals were made: Deliveries of Beretta M1938 SMGs by the Italians on May 17, 1940 (they were to declare war on June 10); Production of 7.65mm Long Star S.I. 35 in Spain. But it was too late."

https://smallarmsreview.com/falling-short-how-years-of-submachine-gun-research-and-hesitation-left-french-fighting-forces-fragile-in-the-face-of-war/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUl__U7a62w

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/11/06/imbels-ia2-based-subgun-carbine-prototypes/