The Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun ... the Thompson was the very first true SMG named for its inventor, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Taliaferro Thompson, who had intended the ...

Recently I met a man (he prefers to remain anonymous for this column) from another state who owns a 1921 Model Thompson submachine gun (TSMG). He discovered the Elkhart County Sheriff’s ...