A Thompson submachine gun and 176 rounds of ammunition were found in the house. Photo: West Midlands Police The weapon and bullets were examined by experts, who confirmed they were live and viable.

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In 1941 the US Military began looking for an alternative for the Thompson submachine guns. In December of 1942 they adopted a new submachine gun, the M3. Built from an all steel construction using ...

Coroner Herman N. Bundesen, right, and Lieut. Col. C.H. Goddard look over Thompson submachine guns in 1929 believed to be used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which occurred on Feb. 14, 1929 ...

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.

But the Thompson submachine gun followed shortly after. Retired Army Ordnance officer Brig. Gen. John Taliaferro Thompson filed his patent on Dec. 2, 1920.

Topline Tesla CEO Elon Musk boasted that the company’s new Cybertruck is “apocalypse-proof” at a live event for new owners, showing videos of the vehicle withstanding fire from handguns, an ...

Thompson, the Democratic congressman who was born and still lives in St. Helena, was wearing khakis and loafers. The smell of the shot just fired rose from the gun.

A video published on Ukrainian military media on Thursday showed Russian reserve troops unboxing Thompson submachine guns, an iconic but long-obsolete firearm dating back to the 1930s. Images released ...

In the 1930s, the violence by the notorious gangsters was fueled by Thompson submachine guns, or Tommy guns, that fired up to 600 rounds in a minute. In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...