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  2. Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    Brigadier General John T. Thompson, who spent most of his career in the ordnance department of the U.S. Army, was the original inventor and developer of the Thompson submachine gun. He envisioned it as being a fully automatic rifle in order to replace the bolt-action service rifles then in use (such as the American M1903 Springfield ).

  3. Auto-Ordnance Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Auto-Ordnance Corporation was created by John T. Thompson in August 1916 with the backing of investor Thomas Ryan. In 1915 Thompson had found the Blish Lock patent of Commander John Blish, which was the operating principle of the first prototypes of the Thompson submachine gun and the Thompson Autorifle. In exchange for shares of the newly ...

  4. Category:10mm Auto submachine guns - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Thompson submachine gun This page was last ... Category: 10mm Auto submachine guns.

  5. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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    Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

  6. ‘Reimagining’ Old Idaho Penitentiary puts historic gun ...

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    Starting in the 1970s, Earl produced a popular catalog of machine guns and submachine guns “for shooter or collector,” that he sold to the public for $1 at first then up to $5 for a catalog in ...

  7. Template:Thompson submachine gun derivatives - Wikipedia

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  8. Tommy Gun (book) - Wikipedia

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    Tommy Gun: How General Thompson's Submachine Gun Wrote History is a non-fiction book written by San Francisco author Bill Yenne in 2009. The book traces the history of the Thompson submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun, through its usage in warfare, organised crime, and subsequently, its presence in film and television, as an "immortal icon."

  9. List of 20th-century weapons - Wikipedia

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    PPS (1942–1960s in USSR) – Family of submachine guns used alongside the PPSh family; Thompson submachine gun (1938–1971 in USA) – Family of submachine guns designed in 1910 and onwards, The Thompson is a famous submachine gun commonly associated with American gangsters; M3 submachine gun (1943–present) – A cheaper and lighter ...