The M1 Thompson is one of the most recognizable weapons of World War II—but was it actually effective in combat? In this video, I dive into its pros, cons, and why its reputation might be more style ...

Explore the most notorious weapons of WWII and discover how they worked, from buzzsaw machine guns and game-changing bombs to whisper-silent stealth pistols.

In World War II, the company started to produce the Reising submachine gun. After the war, H&R produced the M1 Garand rifle for postwar contracts, and later the M16A1 rifle during the Vietnam War. 14.

From the iconic Thompson submachine “Tommy gun” to the versatile M1 Carbine, soldiers were equipped with new weapons that changed the face of warfare forever.

The Thompson submachine gun grew to such popularity during World War II that the United States ran out. Enter the Reising M50, a submachine gun that featured a closed bolt and delayed-blowback ...

A simplified version of the Tommy Gun, the Thompson M1 submachine gun, was the standard weapon of its kind in World War II in the US Army. It is still in use in some places. Browning Automatic ...

Caliber: .45 ACP The M1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, was a fully automatic submachine gun that gained infamy during the Prohibition Era as a favorite among gangsters.

Type “Cat fighting in WW2” into a text-to-video generator, and in no time, you can get a clip of an American shorthair wielding an M1 Thompson submachine gun against Nazis.

The Thompson submachine gun was designed for use by soldiers in war, but Chicago gangsters made it famous as the Tommy gun, aka the Chicago typewriter.

As World War II developed, engineers found ways to simplifying the Thompson submachine gun, and later M1 and M1A1 Thompsons were easier and less-expensive to produce.