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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 alternative to the Thompson submachine gun
The submachine gun itself is not grandfathered like in the U.S., only the owner with the valid prohibited-class firearms licence is. The submachine gun can only be sold to other grandfathered individuals with a prohibited-class (12.2) licence , or to a business, museum or organization with a firearms business licence for prohibited-class ...
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 ...
Frank Iannamico, American Thunder: The Military Thompson Submachine Gun 1928, 1928A1, M1, M1A1, Moose Lake Publishing, 2000, has a short history of the development of Thompson's Auto-Ordnance Corp. Page 5-. "While serving in the United States Army John T. Thompson had envisioned a self-loading auto-rifle as a possible replacement for the aging ...
The first wz.28 LMGs were officially commissioned in 1927 and were officially named 7,92 mm rkm Browning wz. 1928, which is Polish for "7.92 mm hand-held machine gun of Browning mark 1928". A Polish reenactor poses with the wz. 1928 and period-correct uniform.
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."
World War I began in Europe in 1914, and Thompson was sympathetic to the Allied cause. Since the U.S. did not immediately enter the war, and because he recognized a significant need for small arms in Europe (as well as an opportunity to make a substantial profit), Thompson retired from the Army in November of that year and took a job as Chief Engineer of the Remington Arms Company.
Thompson Autorifle Model 1923 (top) and SMG Model 1921. The Thompson Autorifle, (also referred to as the Thomoson Model 1923 Autoloading Rifle; and the .30-06 Model 1923 Semi-Automatic Rifle, among others, etc.) was a semi-automatic rifle that used a Blish Lock to delay the action of the weapon.