Thompson Submachine Gun - In The Movies
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An overview of the Thompson Submachine Gun as seen in Gangster/WW2 Movies
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Movies featured:
Untouchables 1987
Home Alone: Angels with Filthy Souls 1990
Dick Tracy 1990
Michael Collins 1996
O Brothers, Where art Thou 2000
Moonwalker 1988
The Phantom 1996
Road to Perdition 2002
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004
The Highwaymen 2019
To Hell and Back 1955
Bridge on the River Kawai 1957
Star Trek 1968
Johnny Dangerously 1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984
Miller’s Crossing 1990
The Rocketeer 1991
Star Trek: First Contact 1996
Wind Talkers 2002
Kung Fu Hustle 2004
Che 2008
Kokoda 2010
The Big Red One 1980
Kelly’s Heroes 1970
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Band of Brothers 2001
The Pacific 2010
Aliens 1986
New Kids Turbo 2010
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2019
Thompson in a nutshell: We we're bad (Mafia stories), but now we're good. (WW2 stories)
Interesting thing about the Thompson, when the National Firearms Act was being written, the price for the tax stamp was chosen to be the price of the Thompson, because the idea was that all criminals were running around using the Thompson, despite it being one of the worst selling firearms at the time. The idea was that it would prevent them from getting them by making them too expensive, but the ironic thing was that the gangsters became one of the few groups that could still afford to buy the Thompson after the NFA
The best thing about the Thompson is that it never misses when pointed at criminals or Nazis.
I had an opportunity to shoot a Thompson model 1928 years ago. I quickly learned firing long bursts from the shoulder resulted in muzzle climb and twisting motion getting it off target quickly. Firing from the hip made the weapon more controllable. A really cool old school weapon.
The Thompson appeared in Roger Rabbit and King Kong 2005
You certainly don't want to call Clint Eastwood "untrained".
I know the Tommy is dated and from a practical point of view, there are better SMGs these days, but I would LOVE to have such a piece of history. Especially one of the WWII models.
The history of the Thompson is very interesting. What’s really sad though is the Inventor John T. Thompson regretted making the SMG because of the bad publicity from the Media Sensationalizing the use by the Mob. He never got to live to see US Troops use the weapon and nor his kin.
Let's face it, for an entire generation of men alive today, the quintessential Thompson character was Sgt. Chip Saunders played by Vic Morrow in the TV series 'Combat!!!'.
Combat...Vic Morrow us the Thompson
Not many firearms can consider themselves a triple threat. The Thompson is a War Hero, a Criminal Mastermind, and a Hollywood Star.
Family friend was SF in Vietnam and he ended up using a 1921 throughout his time in service and has nothing but praise about it’s overall performance. He even got his hands on a few drum mags but said he never used them all that much, due to how much noise they made, whiled being carried.
Here's one for the history buff: look at the WW2 Tables of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) for a standard US Army infantry regiment in WW2 and you won't see the Thompson SMG in line companies! It's a common fact that GIs "acquired" Thompsons (or M3 "Grease Guns") to add to their firepower. Look at Robert Mitchum in "The Story Of GI Joe" - he carries a Thompson instead of the carbine that a company commander would be issued. The classic Sgt Saunders from "Combat" always managed to have an M1928A1 - no matter how many times he lost his weapon, by the next week he had another M1928A1. The paratroopers always had "Tommy Guns" assigned, partly because their original TO&E didn't have the BAR (too big and heavy to jump with, but the BAR WAS authorized before the Holland jumps). The extra SMGs were also authorized to a parachute rifle company to boost their firepower since that didn't have as many heavy weapons as a "leg" infantry outfit. The Marines always seened to have SMGs around .
Just love the fact that one of the first and last scenes you show is from New Kids Turbo. Those movies are just so ridiculous and you have to love them for it.
M1928 is what my father carried in Korea ‘52-54 and his first tour in Vietnam ’60-62. I actually was a firearm instructor teaching certain Central American dudes on its use and maintenance; I also have one in my personal collection.
In the great, made on a set, 1943 movie "Bataan", nearly every one of the 13 soldiers depicted, carried a
Thomson was one bad ass weapon. In our old neghiborhood we had a couple of ww2 army vets who sang praises about the " Tommy gun".
Lt. Spiers' mad dash in Foy will always be iconic
Always good to starts off with Kelly's Heroes. That and Where Eagles Dare are my all time favorite movies.
The first 10,000 1928's ,a batch made just before the war, were supposed to go to France but France fell before they could be delivered, so England took them . This gave them a powerful smg to use while the STEN was starting to be mass produced.There is a famous picture of Churchill with one of those first batch ones