How a Thompson SMG works.

How does a Thompson Submachine Gun

Work?

A Thompson Submac

Bolt Handle

Breech/Chamber Extractor T S

Bolt

Ca

Pin Bolt Spring Stock

Sear

Sear Spring

Trigger

Grip

Magazine Sprin

chine Gun Barrel

Bullet

r

Trigger Spring

Shell/ Casing

ng

Magazine

Propellant

CARTRIDGE

artridge

Primer

How a Bullet works:

- The bolt始s pin hits the primer.

- The Primer reacts wth the Propellant - The Propellant始s reaction launches the bullet down the barrel and out of the gun.

A brief history of the Thompson submachine gun The Thompson began develpment 1916. It was developed because modern combat required a self loading weapon, that could be used in close range warfare for example, World War One始s trenches (which was in action, at the time.). World War One showed how dangerously effective an automatic weapon like the machine gun could be. It was completed in 1918 and missed out on World War One始s use. However it was used significantly during the prohibition by both law enforcement and gangsters such as Bonnie and Clyde & Al Capone, most infamously on the valentines day massacre in which multiple mowed down an entire gang brutally.

It finally saw wartime use years later in World War Two by all allied forces at some point, For example the British SAS held it in high regards for it始s efficiency. It quickly became an incredibly effective wartime weapon due to lowered production costs & deadly accuracy.

It was eventually dropped from American use in 1971 but paved the way for many automatic weapons to come.

Step One: The spring driven magazine is loaded into the gun.

Step two: The bolt is slid back by the bolt handle and the spring inside the magazine drives a cartridge into the now empty chamber and the bolt is held in place by the trigger sear.

Step three: When the trigger is pulled backwards, the trigger sear releases the bolt and the spring behind it pushes it forwards into the cartridge.

Step four:

The bolt始s firing pin strikes the cartridge, which sets off the propellant inside the cartr

ridge.

Step five: The explosive gas from the cartridge drives the bullet out of it始s casing and down the gun barrel.

Step six: The gas from the cartridge Also at the same time pushes the bolt back into place at the rear of the gun, Ready to strike the next cartridge automatically using the spring.

Step seven:

The bolt始s pin pulls the empty shell back and ejects it out the gun making room for the next cartridge to load.

The process is repeated as long as the trigger is held down and ammunition is feeding through the system.