ЭТИМОЛОГИЯ СЛОВА THOMPSON SUB-MACHINE-GUN
After John T. Thompson (1860–1940), US Army Officer, its coinventor.
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British Commandos 1940-46
With a The Thompson sub machine gun The .45in. -calibre Thompson sub
machine gun became the iconic weapon employed by the British Commandos
during World War II. Large numbers of these 'Tommy-guns' - weighing in at lO^lb.
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War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay : the Story of ...
... 45 caliber; first introduced in December 1942 6 US Reisling Model 55 sub-
machine gun 7 US Reisling Model 50 sub-machine gun 8 US Model 1928 A1
Thompson sub-machine gun West Point Museum The US M3 sub-machine gun,
known ...
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The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
... and the robustness of the Ml and M1A1 variants of the Thompson added to the
type's considerable popularity with the Cls. mere can be very lew who have not
heard of or seen some pictures of the Thompson sub-machine gun at some time
...
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Memoirs of a Wwii Fighter Pilot and Some Modern Political ...
Every officer had to qualify on the M-1 rifle, the Thompson sub machine gun and
the Colt 45 automatic. I had no difficulty qualifying on the M-1 or the Thompson
sub machine gun although an amusing thing happened on the Thompson sub ...
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The Social History of the
Machine Gun
For in the summer of 1918 the first working model of the Thompson sub-machine
gun had appeared. The gun had been designed by Colonel J.T. Thompson'
specifically as a weapon for trench warfare, and he dubbed it the 'trench broom', ...
Next came the firearm everyone anticipated, the M1928-A1 Thompson sub-
machine gun. The “Tommy Gun” had been popularized in movies and the news
as the preferred weapon of mobsters and G-Men alike. Gunny put on a demo for
the ...
Thompson Sub-Machine Gun The Thompson sub-machine gun, utilized to fire
pistol cartridges at a rapid rate from magazines holding 20, 30, 50 or 100
cartridges, was also constructed on the Blish theory, but instead of having a
screwed ...
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the Commando Pocket Book: 1940-1945
The Thompson sub- machine gun wasfirst produced in 1938, and aftertheBritish
Army hadwitnessed theeffectof sub-machine guns on the Allied armiesin 1940, it
ordered morethan 100,000. The early deliveries went predominantly to ...
Christopher Westhorp, 2012
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How to Be a Spy: The World War II SOE Training Manual
APPENDIX "A" MACHINE CARBINE COURSE PERIOD I. A. Introduction to
Thompson Sub-Machine Gun. Stores: Thompson Sub-Machine Gun. 2
Magazines. A. 1. INTRODUCTION. The Gun is known as the Thompson Sub-
Machine Gun.
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Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese ...
“The Thompson Sub-Machine Gun proved a favorite weapon in the squad for
jungle fighting,” noted the headquarters staff of the 503rd Parachute Infantry
Regiment. “A second Tommy gun per squad would have advantages. The 30
round ...
