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The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy gun", "Chicago typewriter", or "trench broom") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by United States Army Brigadier General John T. Thompson in 1918.
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21 de jun. de 2024 · Thompson submachine gun, submachine gun patented in 1920 by its American designer, John T. Thompson. It weighed almost 10 pounds (4.5 kg) empty and fired .45-calibre ammunition. The magazine was either a circular drum that held 50 or 100 rounds or a box that held 20 or 30 rounds.
27 de jun. de 2022 · Invented by John Thompson in 1918, the Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun, was a favorite firearm of organized-crime gangs of the 1920s. The weapon arguably became synonymous with gangland after it wound up in the hands of Al Capone.
15 de feb. de 2011 · The Thompson submachine gun eventually gained a reputation as a gangster weapon due to its widely publicized use in the hands of notorious criminals of the era, but he weapon was not as...
27 de feb. de 2017 · Bootlegging gangsters of the 1920s and 30s firing a barrage of bullets at the G-men in pursuit—that's the mental picture you might have of the Tommy gun.
As the only submachine gun in its inventory, the Tommy gun was used by the early in World War II. It was perfect for close-quarter fighting and usually fired from the hip. In the jungles of the South Pacific, U.S. Marines used the gun in conjunction with the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) to good effect: the former’s tracer rounds acted as a ...
11 de dic. de 2013 · The iconic Thompson Submachine Gun was the main Allied submachine gun in the critical early years of World War II. From Bataan to the Kasserine Pass, and from Normandy to Okinawa, the “Tommy Gun”...
The Thompson submachine gun was one of the most celebrated weapons of its time. This article appears in: September 2003. By Blaine Taylor. In 1939 Time magazine called the Thompson submachine gun “the deadliest weapon, pound for pound, ever devised by man….”
17 de jun. de 2011 · A submachine gun combines automatic firepower with the portability of a stocked, heavy calibre pistol. In the later years of WW I, Colonel John T. Thompson addressed the very real armament ...
