Thompson sub machine: Is a American sub machine gun although used by other various. In 1919 during prohibition era in America it was invented by John Thompson. Before its use in ww2 it was used by US police officer. For the military it become in use in 1938 -71. Many models were made such as 1919,1921,1923,1927and 1928. Approximately 1,700,000 have been build. Thompson sub machine was also in sale for civilians for a very high price of $200,000 but that was back in 1921. John Thompson primary aim was to develop a auto rifle but in 1915 he come across this guy Thomas Ryan who was a weapon manufacturing company ,dobbed "Auto-ordnance corporation" in 1916. He had given the ambition to create a auto- rifle for his company.




The Thompson sub machine weigh 4.9 kg, its length 851 mm, it shoot 600 bullets per minute. The Thompson sub machine was a very popular machine gun at its time and became a very successful war item at its time. Modern sub-machine guns like the Daewoo k7 from South Korea are far more superior. In service since 2003 it weighs 4kg and can fire 1,100 round per minute. The biggest feature that its a silenced when firing.