Photos Thompson submachine gun

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In here we are going to post Thompson submachine guns images.

US Marine spraying Thompson rounds towards to Japanese positions during WW2.



British police officer inspecting Thompson SMG borrowed from US GI's in 1942.



Uruguayan soldier firing his Thompson M1 SMG.



Germans collecting captured American Thompsons.

 

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Germans collecting captured American Thompsons.

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Interestingly one of the Thompsons is an M1 and the other an M1928.

 

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India

Jammu and Kashmir State Police in 1990s

Gujarat State Police in early 2000s

 

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U.S. Army M3 Lee tank crew undergoing small arms training with M1917 pistols and Thompson submachine guns at Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1942.

 

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FBI handout of the schematic of the Thompson submachine gun.

Thompson submachine gun in FBI case with all accessories. Photo: Tracie Hill

 

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“Somewhere on the Pacific, an alert Coast Guardsman scans the horizon as he clutches his machine gun, looking for trouble.” Released 29 September 1942.

 

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Thompson submachine guns, or 'Tommy guns', being un-crated at an ordnance depot in the UK after their arrival from the US through the Lend-Lease scheme, 23 March 1942.

 

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Sgt. Leslie Caraway, Nixon, Texas, no. 1 man of patrol, stops along trail for a rest and a cigarette.
Photo by Graning. 3131 Signal Service Co.' North of Pracchia, Italy. 7 December 1944

 

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Turkish paratroopers, Cyprus, 1972

 

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Joseph McCarthy when he was USMC trooper in Nicaragua.