TZ-45

The TZ-45 was an Italian blowback-operated submachine gun produced between 1944 and 1945, with an estimated 6,000 made.

Key facts

Weapon.name: TZ-45
Weapon.image: TZ-45.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300
Weapon.caption: A TZ-45
Weapon.origin: Italian Social Republic
Weapon.type: Submachine gun
Weapon.is_ranged: yes
Weapon.service: 1944-1945
Weapon.used_by: Italian Social Republic Wehrmacht Burma
Weapon.designer: Tonon and Zorzoli Giandoso
Weapon.design_date: 1944
Weapon.manufacturer: Fabbrica Fratelli Giandoso
Weapon.production_date: 1944–19451952-55 (Burma)
Weapon.number: 6,000 (Approx.)
Weapon.variants: TZ-45 (Italy)BA-52 (Burma)
Weapon.length: (stock extended) (stock folded)
Weapon.cartridge: 9×19mm Parabellum, 9mm Fiocchi
Weapon.caliber: 9 mm

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Mass: 3.3
Image: TZ-45.jpg
Length: 851

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service entry: 1944-01-01
service retirement: 1945-01-01
total produced: 6000
inception: 1944-00-00
Commons category: TZ-45

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The TZ-45 was an Italian blowback-operated submachine gun produced between 1944 and 1945, with an estimated 6,000 made.

== History == The TZ-45 submachine gun was designed by two Italians; Tonon, a lieutenant colonel in the National Republican Army whose first name remains unknown and Aldo Zorzoli, a gunsmith, and was produced by the Giandoso company. The vast majority of the estimated 6000 TZ 45s produced were issued to R.S.I. (Repubblica Sociale Italiana) units fighting against Italian partisan forces during the civil war in Northern Italy (1944–45). A few TZ-45 were possibly used by the Wehrmacht forces engaged in similar operations. After the war, the remaining guns were given to the military of the British and the American forces where they were evaluated. The general opinion was unfavorable due to the style of manufacturing and finish.