Thompson submachine gun
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The Thompson submachine gun is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed t
Colt Model 1921A Thompson with a 100-round drum magazine
Brigadier General John T. Thompson holding a Model 1919 Thompson
US Marine holding an M1928 Thompson during the Banana Wars
A British soldier equipped with a Thompson M1928 submachine gun in November 1940
Kansas City massacre
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The Kansas City massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri, on the morning of June 17, 1
Thompson submachine gun
…Corps during the Banana Wars, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Irish Republican Army, the Republic of China, and the FBI following the Kansas City massacre. The weapon was also sold to the general public. Because it was so widely used by criminals, the Thompson became notorious during the Prohibition era…
Aftermath of the attack on June 17, 1933