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Bookmark or Share- Thompson submachine gun - WikipediaThe 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 Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918.
- Colonel Thompson's Submachine Gun and How it Changed the WorldClear a trench by sweeping the ‘Tommy Gun’ from side to side and the soldier’s nickname for the gun, the Trench Broom, was coined. Before Thompson any machine gun was heavy and only handled...
- Thompson submachine gun | History & Specifications | BritannicaThompson 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.
- The history of Thompson “Tommy” guns at war - Task & PurposeTom Hanks famously depicted Captain John Miller in “Saving Private Ryan” toting his trusty Thompson submachine gun — “Tommy gun” — from the beaches of Normandy far into the interior of France...
- The Tale of the Tommy Gun - Popular MechanicsBootlegging 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.
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