American
The Thompson was produced from 1921 to 1944. It was developed by John T. Thompson and improved by John N. Blish, an American marineofficer.
The "Tommy Gun"- a Thompson submachine gun.
German American.
Thompson submachine gun was created in 1919.
The Lewis gun was used by German's American's, and the UK:-)
Tommy gun, trench broom, chopper, chicago typewriter. The M3 was the grease gun and the German MP38/40 nicknamed "Schmeisser" was a burp gun
The Thompson is classified as a submachine gun because it fires a pistol cartridge (.45mm) not a rifle cartridge. Another example would be the German MP-40 which used a 9mm cartridge or the M3 "Grease Gun" which fired either .45 or 9mm.
the best weapons used in WWII are, in my opinion, the; Russian Mosin-Nagant rifle US Thompson M1 submachine gun German Mauser Kar98k rifle German MP40 submachine gun
General William Thompson.
Tommy is short for Thompson, last name of the creator of the gun.
General Thompson, who the gun was named for.
Gen. William Thompson. in 1919. The Thompson SMG became known as the Tommy Gun. Before that, it was the German Bergmann MP-18, invented in 1918