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M1 Submachine Gun (simplified Thompson variant, quickly replaced by the even simpler M2)
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ah...that would be the M1A1, IIRC, Mike....and then the much simpler M3 and M3A1 Greasegun....
Military designations are such fun....
When someone says M4, are they talking a bout a 5.56mm carbine, or a Sherman tank?
And is a P-38 a 9mm pistol, or a fighter plane? OR a GI can opener?
Yes, depending on context
and there is at least one other Jap type 99 that I know of, the Aichi Type 99 dive bomber (known as the "Val" to US forces)
I'm sure there's more, we just have to find them...type 99 chopsticks? M1 Bootlace?