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 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 ...

A man who kept a deadly submachine gun in a toolbox in his bedroom along with 176 rounds of ammunition is facing jail.

"During the warrant, a Thompson submachine gun and more than 100 rounds of ammunition were found. "Patterson, 44, of Alexandra Avenue, Birmingham was charged and remanded on 21 April." ...