By WWII the British had killed their arms industry and had to go to Savage and other U.S. arms producers to arm their military. Savage produced over 1,000,000 Lee Enfield rifles in the Chicopee Falls plant under Lend-Lease.
The British also contracted with Savage through the Auto Ordnance Company to produce Thompson sub machineguns in 1939. These were produced at the Utica plant and maybe as many as 1.5 million were produced throughout the war. Not all of them would have gone to the British.
After the war was over Savage closed the Utica plant and moved Savage production into this plant. Pages 82-83 in my book. David
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