Ordnance's latest semi-automatic version of the iconic Thompson submachine gun is lighter than ever. And more affordable, to ...

45 ACP Thompson in the early 1970s ... gun and also led to a uniquely American version of the classic modern German submachine gun. Both paved the way for the shoulder-fired 10 mm firearms ...

The short answer is that it’s no longer relevant after the advent of modern short-barrel semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles. But the Thompson submachine gun stuck around for much longer ...

ushering Western civilization into the modern era. American soldiers played a major role in this advancement as well as the outcome of the war. From the iconic Thompson submachine “Tommy 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 ...