SubMachine-Guns

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M3 gun-The M3 and M3A1 submachine guns are air-cooled, blowback-operated, magazine-fed, automatic shoulder weapons. They are light, compact and rugged.

M1A1 Thompson gun-John T. Thompson founded the Auto Ordnance Corp. in 1916, and began his developments in submachine guns with purchase of John Blish patent (1915), that described a delayed blowback automatic firearm. This patent described delayed blowback breech system in which a sloping metal wedge interlocked the breech block with the gun body.

Tommy gun- This is the original Thompson design made famous during the 1920's in the hands of gangsters and G-men. The operation is semi-auto, fires from a closed bolt and the barrel is 10.5" long. The frame and receiver are machined from solid steel and the stock is genuine American walnut. The finish is blued steel.

                                This is an American M3 grease gun fired by a man in a WWII uniform.

                                     This is a video of an M1A1 Thompson. presented by a Korean war veteran.

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