68 • Zips, Pipes, Chinese Communist troops mere often armed mith arsenal-turned copies of Thompson submachine guns, produced mithout license. Armed mith the bogus Thompsons, troops march against the Japanese in 1 937. (Courtesy of Frank C BromnJ Rare photo shoms Chinese sailors in the 1930s armed mith both antique cannons and vintage local copies of Mauser pistols aboard a trading junk of that era. (Courtesy of Frank C BromnJ