Model 1928 Thompson sub-machine gun. Frame stamped on the left side with US MODEL 1928 THOMPSON SUBMACHINE GUN CALIBER .45 AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE . The right side is very badly rust pitted and there are ...

The design by General John J. Thompson was complicated yet reliable. It utilized the Blish Lock to delay the opening of the bolt when fired which made the M1928 Thompson a delayed blowback firearm.

a "Tommy Gun" (more than likely an M1928 Thompson submachine gun replica), an MP5-SD, and a Benelli M4 shotgun. Tesla also provided the muzzle velocity (the speed of the projectile when it leaves ...

If you answered the “Tommy Gun,” more specifically the Auto-Ordnance M1928 and M1 Thompson submachine gun (SMG), again, you’d be partially correct. >If you answered the M3 “Grease Gun ...

But few know the origin of the gun’s catchy nickname. “To most U.S. cineaddicts the Thompson submachine gun is a gangster’s weapon,” Time magazine observed on June 26, 1939. “The late ...

But few know the origin of the gun’s catchy nickname. “To most U.S. cineaddicts the Thompson submachine gun is a gangster’s weapon,” Time magazine observed on June 26, 1939. “The late ...

This sturdy submachine gun is standard-issue inside the Andromeda Initiative's security forces. The Initiative commissioned the automatic Charger from Elanus Risk Control Services. The company ...

Tom 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 ...

A purchase order posted in the city record last week shows that a South Jersey gun dealer is sending the city $91,171.50 in MP5 submachine guns. This follows the department’s $100,000 purchase ...

One inaccuracy was the Barrow Gang’s use of the Thompson M1928 submachine gun. In reality, the gang preferred to use the much larger and more powerful Browning Automatic Rifle. On the other hand ...

The famous .45 ACP Thompson M1928 submachine gun, equipped with a 50-round drum magazine. NARA. “They were good guns, especially for the man who couldn’t shoot. And although they were much ...