The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy gun", "Chicago typewriter", or "trench broom") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun...

The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic...

Thompson submachine gun, but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter, at the expense of accuracy. The M3 was commonly referred to as the "Grease Gun"...

list of submachine guns. It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like...

The .45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Arms Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed and patented...

Prohibition era. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. He is best known for the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman...

The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun that was designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the...

The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until...

The KP m/44 (Finnish: Konepistooli malli 1944, lit. 'Submachine gun, model 1944'), nicknamed "Peltiheikki" or "Pelti-kp", which could be translated as...

for the Thompson submachine gun and was used by agents of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). However, its usage was limited, and the Thompson continued...

The MP 18 is a German submachine gun designed and manufactured by Bergmann Waffenfabrik. Introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World...

The Lanchester is a submachine gun ("machine carbine") manufactured by the Sterling Armaments Company between 1941 and 1945. It is an evolution from MP28/II...

The Vigneron is a submachine gun manufactured in Belgium during the 1950s. It used the 9×19mm NATO cartridge and was used by the Belgian Army until the...

Mk.VI (.455 inch (11.5 mm) Thompson M1928 & M1928A1 Austen submachine gun (Withdrawn from combat use in August 1944) Owen gun (Adopted in September 1941...

The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War...

improved Hyde-Inland 2 was designated U.S. Submachine gun, Caliber .45, M2 as a substitute standard for the M1 Thompson in April 1942. As Inland's manufacturing...

Model 11 Thompson submachine gun Sten Sterling submachine gun M50 Reising Owen gun Madsen M-50 M3 submachine gun Bren light machine gun Lewis gun Vickers...

friction, or stiction. His locking mechanism was used first in the Thompson submachine gun. Nowadays it is discredited as a useful firearm operating principle...

Suomi-konepistooli m/31 or "Finland-machine-pistol mod. 1931") is a Finnish submachine gun that was mainly used during World War II. It is a descendant of the...

short on submachine guns. The Army hurriedly brought Thompson submachine guns from the United States and pressed any available submachine guns they had...

Colonel John T. Thompson of the United States Army Ordnance Department in 1916. Auto-Ordnance is best known for the Thompson submachine gun, used as a military...

Inc. of Manchester, CT. Although it is visually similar to the Thompson submachine gun the operation and design is quite different. The design is a closer...

USSR) – Family of submachine guns used alongside the PPSh family Thompson submachine gun (1938–1971 in USA) – Family of submachine guns designed in 1910...

what eventually became the Thompson submachine gun. When the United States finally entered the war in April 1917, Thompson returned to the Army and was...

Remington–Thompson (11.4x25mm) was an experimental firearms cartridge designed by Remington Arms and Auto Ordnance for the Model 1923 Thompson submachine gun,...

cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the...

'Shpagin's machine-pistol-41') is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin...

Gun may refer to: Nickname for the Thompson submachine gun "Tommy Gun", 1978 song by The Clash "Tommy-Gun", 2010 single by Royal Republic Tommy Gun:...

originated in World War II for the M1 carbine, M3 "Grease Gun", and Thompson submachine gun. Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated American combat soldiers...

Standschützen Hellriegel, lit. 'Machine gun of Standschütze Hellriegel') was an Austro-Hungarian water-cooled submachine gun produced during World War I in very...