During World War II, at the behest of the U.S. Army, Bell Laboratories tested sound suppressors for various firearms. The best known of the company’s designs was a specialized submachine gun that went ...
The Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun, two classic submachine guns (SMGs), helped American GIs win World War II. Both fired the same powerful and ever-beloved .45 ACP (Automatic Colt ...
During World War II, the United States had two dominating submachine guns, the M1A1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, and the more affordable M3 submachine gun (SMG) which was produced later in ...