Donald Bateman Hope Coates, shown here firing an M1921 Thompson submachine gun on a trip to Mexico in the 1950s, claimed to be the first man ever fired at by someone armed with a Thompson. However ...

“Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, Cal. .45; Held up well on all operations with very little maintenance. There were some instances of jamming after a large volume of fire had been delivered.

The Thompson submachine gun was smaller and thus an easier to use version of a much larger machine gun in use at the time. Two soldiers were needed to operate those older weapons.

For many career officers that could have capped a successful career, but when World War I broke out in 1914 Thompson again began to consider how an automatic weapon could be employed. With the U.S ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA On Sept. 11, the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office will be auctioning off a piece of its history — a Thompson Model 1921 machine gun that was purchased by former Sheriff Abe ...

The one-man Thompson machine gun, or so-called “submachine gun,” was perfected some time ago and adopted by many a city police force as well as the U. S. Marines.

Police in Jackson say 30 guns, including an old Thompson machine gun from the 1930s era, have been found in the home of a nurse caught dealing drugs. News 12 Staff • Aug 14, 2019, 12:00 PM ...