C&R · IV · 124
TZ-45 submachinegun
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 85 ↗
Italian, Model TZ-45, cal. 9mm, submachineguns mfd. before 1946.
What this entry requires
- ATF REQUIRESMade 1945 or earlier (ATF’s dates)ATF: “mfd. before 1946”
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
ItalyBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Not stated (Giandoso brothers design)Basis: the ATF wording
- Type
- SMGBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 9mmBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- Before 1946Basis: outside reference ¹
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 85 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “TZ-45” ↗, years: infobox production date 1944–1945 (Italy); 1952-55 Burmese production is outside the ATF's 'mfd. before 1946'
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “TZ-45.jpg” by Fabbrica Fratelli Giandoso, Public domain. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “TZ-45”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The TZ-45 was an Italian blowback-operated submachine gun produced between 1944 and 1945, with an estimated 6,000 made.