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HOWE, Thomas “Tommy”, SMG CTANG (Ret.) Thomas Edward Howe, 76, of South Windsor passed away Friday (November 24, 2006) surrounded by his loving family and friends after a valiant battle with ...
Tommy Gun Security Tommy Gun vs. Grease Gun: Which is the Better WWII SMG? In the battle between the Tommy Gun and Grease Gun, “quantity has a quality all its own.” ...
The submachine gun never got a real hold in World War I, soon afterward began to figure more in gang news than in Army talk. Of 15,000 Thompsons (“Tommies”) manufactured by Colt in 1921 ...
Bill Yenne’s 2009 book, “Tommy Gun: How General Thompson’s Submachine Gun Wrote History,” describes how, toward the end of the war, infantryman Mike Colalillo was sitting atop a Sherman ...
In some cases, someone, like a canine handler, needs a gun but also has to control their K9. The MP7, or a submachine gun, offers more firepower than a pistol but less weight and bulk than a rifle.