How many people did the Tommy gun kill in world war 2 per magazine?

Answer 1

A somewhat macabre question, but I'll try to give it a common sense answer:

A war movie wouldn't be a war movie without multiple scenes of a GI emptying a 30 round clip into an oncoming enemy soldier. That's Hollywood. In actuality, GI's were taught that the weapon was used in very short bursts - 2,3,2,3, and so forth. Sometimes, "ripping" a clip was necessary, or happened "in the heat of battle", but that was the exception, rather than the rule.

A good marksman with the Thompson could take out three or four enemy soldiers with each clip - maybe more - but that would have been the typical number. More than one GI who drew a submachine gun from Quartermaster Corp and was found to be too "trigger happy" suddenly found himself toting an M1 again, in the interest of the company (or platoon, or squads) safety and best combat effectiveness. In short, the weapon was most effective (most deadly to the enemy) when it was used in short, aimed bursts.