Coroner Herman N. Bundesen, right, and Lieut. Col. C.H. Goddard look over Thompson submachine guns in 1929 believed to be used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which occurred on Feb. 14, 1929 ...

In 1941 the US Military began looking for an alternative for the Thompson submachine guns. In December of 1942 they adopted a new submachine gun, the M3. Built from an all steel construction using ...

Without Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson, inventor of the "Tommy gun," would be all but forgotten.

Object Details Description Tommy gun with strap. Postal Inspectors were the first law enforcement agency to use the Tommie gun for fighting criminals. The Thompson is an American submachine gun, ...

The 1934 law that banned Thompson submachine guns includes language banning the devices since they fall under the definition: “Any part designed and intended solely and exclusively or ...

A vintage 1928 Navy Thompson submachine gun sold to a gun dealer by the Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department garnered the current market price, an expert in the field said on Tuesday. Tracie Hill ...

The M1 Thompson had been a good submachine gun in the 1920s, but by WWII it was slightly outdated. It was heavy, had awkward ergonomics, and could be difficult to control.

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.

Former Idaho State Museum director Ken Swanson explains some of the Thompson submachine guns, or “Tommy guns,” on display at the J. Curtis Earl Weapons Exhibit at the Old Idaho Penitentiary in ...