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 Tommy guns remained in service up until the 1970s. The U.S. Navy used them as a means to defend ships, while infantry forces carried them during both the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

As for the price, an original working Thompson from the Second World War or earlier could cost $25,000 to $75,000 today – in line with a luxury automobile.

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 Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun, two classic submachine guns (SMGs), helped American GIs win World War II. Both fired the same powerful and ever-beloved .45 ACP (Automatic ...

And for the price of $1,364, you can rock this deluxe Tommy gun with a 20-round stick magazine. This article by Jared Keller orignally appeared at Task & Purpose. Follow Task & Purpose on Twitter.

The Thompson was used by Americans during the Vietnam War. This leatherneck of the 1st Marine Division carried a Thompson gun during the Tet Offensive, in the battle for Hue, February 1968.