Among the first users was the US Postal Service- the government bought a number of them to be used to protect mail shipments from robbers. The Post Office loaned a number to the US Marines, who used them in combat in Central America. Wikipedia has a good article on the Thompson SMG.
All i know is that the first people who invent gun is General John Thompson.
They used a trench gun aka a shot gun and a Springfield rifle and a Thompson gun.
L. N. Thompson invented the Thompson submachine gun, commonly known as the Tommy gun, in 1919. It was one of the first hand-held automatic firearms widely used by gangsters during the Prohibition era in the United States.
Thompson M1921.
The "Tommy Gun"- a Thompson submachine gun.
About 1919. There were a few earlier models, but the name changed to Thompson n 1919.
Eliot Ness' favorite gun was the Thompson Machine gun. The Thompson is more commonly known as the "Tommy Gun." Ness used this weapon to commit many crimes during his lifetime.
Thompson submachine gun was created in 1919.
General William Thompson.
Tommy is short for Thompson, last name of the creator of the gun.
the weapons used are the following:arisaka and Thompson trench gun
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