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dc.contributor.authorColt's Patent Firearms Mfg. Co.en_IE
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Marcellusen_IE
dc.contributor.otherCurragh Military Museumen_IE
dc.coverage.spatialInternationalen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2014-03-20en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-14T02:00:15Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-14T02:00:15Z-
dc.date.issued1921-06en_IE
dc.identifier.otherThompson.tif wm_ThompsonSide2.jpg wm_ThompsonSide.jpg wm_Thompson.jpgen_IE
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11456-
dc.descriptionThe Thompson submachine gun or ‘Tommy gun’ was designed by retired US Army Lieut. Col. Marcellus Thompson, who later founded the Auto Ordnance Corporation to oversee development of his new weapon. Early 1921 saw the manufacture of the first Thompson guns. The IRA were the first to use the Thompson in combat, but plans for its widespread use were stalled when most of the Irish consignment was impounded by the US Customs and Justice Department prior to its shipment. Later 168 of the weapons that escaped confiscation eventually made their way to Ireland, and more would later follow. The Thompson would later famously be used in gang wars in Chicago, and later still saw service with the U.S. Army throughout the Second World War.en_IE
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
dc.relation\\10.128.32.42\public\documents\1916\CurraghMuseum\en_IE
dc.rightsImage acquired by South Dublin Libraries by kind permission of the Curragh Military Archivesen_IE
dc.subjectTommy Gunen_IE
dc.subjectThompson Submachine gunen_IE
dc.subjectIRAen_IE
dc.subjectWeaponen_IE
dc.subjectWar of Independenceen_IE
dc.titleThompson submachine gunen_IE
dc.typeImageen_IE
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dc.rights.allowmp3downloadYesen_IE
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