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Originally Posted by waiting4something
The same thing happened with the Thompson submachine gun. Thompson thought he had a winner.But, it was deemed to expensive and really didn't get any major sales until WW2.
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Yes, even American gangsters didn't field the Thompson in anywhere the numbers that the movies would have you believe. Neither did the FBI or Treasury Service. The widespread use of the Thompson before World War 2 was largely a Hollywood invention.
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