The Thompson submachine gun used in the shooting death of Assistant State’s Attorney William McSwiggin in April 1926. McSwiggin, who was known as the “hanging prosecutor” because of his ...

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

The Annihilator III, Model C, serial No. 7, is the oldest American-made submachine gun in private hands, today. This Thompson was not designed to have either front or rear sights or a buttstock.

The Tommy Gun, or Thompson submachine gun, was the creation of General John Thompson, an army guy who developed a few other guns along the way, though none as powerful or infamous as the Tommy Gun.

Commercially available Thompson submachine guns, specifically the M1928A1 model, retailed for about $200 apiece at the start of the war, which is more than $3,000 when adjusted for inflation in 2024.

The history of the “Tommy Gun” goes back to the First World War when it first developed by John Taliaferro Thompson, who had served in the Spanish-American War as Chief Ordnance Officer.

The Thompson submachine gun was the handwork of John Taliaferro Thompson (West Point Class of 1882). It saw only limited wartime use, but the "Tommy gun" in the hands of police and gangsters achieved ...

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 ...

In May 1920, John T. Thompson — best known for his famous submachine gun — filed a patent protecting a semi-automatic, magazine-fed, double-barrel shotgun.