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Bootlegging gangsters of the 1920s and 30s firing a barrage of bullets at the G-men in pursuit—that's the mental picture you might have of the Tommy gun. But while the Thompson submachine gun was ...

This article, "The First Thompsons," appeared originally in the February 2006 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page and select American Rifleman as ...

It was born from one war and made famous in another. The Thompson submachine gun is one of those rare firearms whose timing shaped its legend as much as its design. John T. Thompson did not set out to ...

Except for Al Capone, Gen. John Thompson would be forgotten by all but serious devotees of military history. The two never met, being cut from different cloth. Thompson, a khaki-clad military man who ...

Here's how the Thompson submachine gun became so famous and why it remains so to this day. In the annals of firearms history, there are some guns that everyone, even non-shooting enthusiasts know from ...

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Everyone has seen the Thompson submachine gun being used in those black and white gangster movies of the 1930s, and, of course, the famous bootlegger ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ used the weapon exclusively.

The rare Thompson Model 1923 autorifle pushed the famous Thompson concept into full-power rifle territory, and the result was dramatic. Its ejection was reportedly so violent during 1924 trials that ...

Black and white gangster movies from the 1930s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always the Thompson submachine gun – aka Tommy gun. Another famous ...

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