![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Since the Model 37 was one of the guns previously standardized by the Ordnance Dept., the trench gun variant was quickly approved for procurement, along with a number of short-barrel riot guns (without bayonet adapters) and longer-barrel training guns. In the spring of 1942, the government placed orders for 1,420 Model 37 trench guns designated in Ithaca factory records as “Model #37, 12/20'- Riot Type Shotguns with Bayonet Attachments.” While the term “trench gun” was never official government nomenclature, it is useful terminology to differentiate the models fitted with bayonet adapters from the plain-barrel “riot” guns. The Model 37 trench guns were shipped from the Ithaca factory to Augusta Arsenal between June 27 and July 20, 1942. Factory records reflect that two additional Model 37 trench guns were sent to the New Cumberland (Penn.) Supply Depot on Sept. 4, 1942, which resulted in total production of 1,422 guns. ![]()
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