Thompson submachine gun
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thompson-submachine-gun-173-10827672
title:
Thompson submachine gun
text:
The Thompson submachine gun is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although early models did not arrive in time for actual combat. The Thompson saw early use by the United States Marine Corps during the Banana Wars, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Irish Republican Army, the Republic of China,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
American submachine gun
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun
date created:
2002-09-29T00:53:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T06:38:33Z
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image:
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13
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