Thompson submachine gun
noun
Thomp·son submachine gun
ˈtäm(p)-sən- 
: a .45 caliber submachine gun with a drum or stick magazine, a pistol grip, and a detachable buttstock
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The sheriff pointed a Thompson submachine gun at the young Black men.
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
One clip showed the truck’s steel doors pelted with bullets from a Thompson submachine gun.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
The embassy was armed with two revolvers and 40 bullets; Bullitt requested 12 Thompson submachine guns.
—Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
Winchester shotguns 12 gauge with case, 100 rounds .00 buck, 25 rounds rifled slugs
1 x Thompson submachine gun .45 cal.
—Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
He was fired after arriving for work dressed as a gangster, carrying a fake Thompson submachine gun.
—Douglas Martin, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
Megellas, armed with only a Thompson submachine gun and grenades, ran toward the tank under enemy fire, halted it with a grenade, climbed onto its turret and pitched another grenade inside, knocking out the Panzer and leaving his men in awe.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
His Thompson submachine gun was no match for the German tanks.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
One clip showed the truck’s steel doors pelted with bullets from a Thompson submachine gun.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
The embassy was armed with two revolvers and 40 bullets; Bullitt requested 12 Thompson submachine guns.
—Sam Roberts, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2015
Winchester shotguns 12 gauge with case, 100 rounds .00 buck, 25 rounds rifled slugs
1 x Thompson submachine gun .45 cal.
—Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
He was fired after arriving for work dressed as a gangster, carrying a fake Thompson submachine gun.
—Douglas Martin, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
Megellas, armed with only a Thompson submachine gun and grenades, ran toward the tank under enemy fire, halted it with a grenade, climbed onto its turret and pitched another grenade inside, knocking out the Panzer and leaving his men in awe.
—Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
His Thompson submachine gun was no match for the German tanks.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
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