45 ACP cartridges from a cloth ammunition belt ... is the oldest American-made submachine gun in private hands, today. This Thompson was not designed to have either front or rear sights or ...

The Thompson submachine gun is a perfect example ... but again it was dismissed because of the necessity of pre-lubricated ammunition in order for the rifle to function, and the danger to ...

The Thompson submachine gun weighs over ten pounds when fully loaded. It came with straight box magazines with capacities of 20 or 30 .45 ACP ammunition. It also had 50 or 100-round drums ...

The Thompson submachine gun was smaller and thus an easier to ... “He gave me some ammunition and said: “Be careful getting off the tank,” Colalillo later said in an interview.