The Thompson submachine gun was designed for use by soldiers in war, but Chicago gangsters made it famous as the Tommy gun, aka the Chicago typewriter. Skip to content. All Sections.

The Thompson Submachine Gun entered production as the M1921 version, but the American military showed little interest. However, another Army showed interest – the Irish Republican Army, ...

The Thompson submachine gun weighs over ten pounds when fully loaded. It came with straight box magazines with capacities of 20 or 30 .45 ACP ammunition.

His submachine gun design was in many ways superior to the Thompson. It was lighter, weighing a paltry seven pounds (the Thompson tipped the scales at around eleven pounds), and more accurate.

As World War II developed, engineers found ways to simplifying the Thompson submachine gun, and later M1 and M1A1 Thompsons were easier and less-expensive to produce.

They were the mass shooters of their day, and all of America knew their names: John “the Killer” Dillinger, Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Bonnie and Clyde, George “Machine Gun” Kelly. In ...

The Model of 1919 Thompson submachine guns were the first of their breed, but they were more of an evolutionary series than a “model.” With names like “Persuader” and “Annihilator ...

A vintage 1928 Navy Thompson submachine gun sold to a gun dealer by the Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department garnered the current market price, an expert in the field said on Tuesday. Tracie Hill… ...