The Thompson SMG, used by gangsters, lawmen, and WWII troops, has origins tied to the Cutts Compensators and Marine Corps Colonel Victor Bleasdale. The compensator, designed by Richard Cutts Sr. and ...
Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...
Eugene Reising, and assistant to the famed American weapon designer, initially designed the M50. His submachine gun design was in many ways superior to the Thompson. It was lighter, weighing a paltry ...
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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Tommy gun with strap. Postal Inspectors were the first law enforcement agency to use the Tommie gun for fighting ...
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Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who was awarded a medal “for exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous service as chief of the small arms division of the office of the chief of ordnance,” was the ...
Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...