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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 ...
The M1A1 Thompson submachine gun on display at the Virginia War Museum. The M1A1, standardized in October 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M1A1, could be produced in half the time of the M1928A1, and at a much lower cost. The main difference between the M1 and M1A1 was the bolt.
M1A1 Thompson submachine gun. Model of 1921 Thompson; Model of 1928 and M1928A1 Thompson; M50 and M55 Reising; M1 and M1A1 Thompson; M3 and M3A1; Heckler & Koch MP5 (some variants) Machine guns M60 7.62mm machine gun. M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun; Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun; M1917 Browning machine gun; M1918 Browning ...
M1A1 carbine, a variant of the M1 carbine with a folding stock for paratroopers; M1A1 Flamethrower, an anti-personnel weapon; M1A1 bazooka, a variant of the bazooka rocket launcher; Thompson M1A1, a variant of the Thompson submachine gun; M1A1, an anti-aircraft 90 mm gun; M1A1, a U.S. Army bangalore torpedo used in World War II
The Thompson Light Rifle was an attempt by the Auto-Ordnance Company to manufacture a light rifle for the United States Armed Forces. The overall weapon was based on their well proven .45 ACP submachine gun, although the original .30 Carbine caliber rifle was based on the M1921/27 variants. It worked well but due to the war effort was found ...
The company was called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., after the 1958 merger of the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation and Thompson Products. This was later shortened to TRW. This was later shortened to TRW. The company was founded in 1901 and lasted for just over a century until being acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002.
Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without ...
M1A1 - three prongs, a base cup to secure the grenade, and solid tailfins. It was designed to launch oval-shaped grenades like the M26 fragmentation grenade. M1A2 = three prongs, a base cup to secure the grenade, and slotted tailfins. It was an improved version of the M1A1 with a reinforced tube and redesigned tailfins.