Model 1921AC Thompson Submachine Gun
name: label: licensee
content: Thompson
label: maker
content: Auto-Ordnance Corporation
label: manufacturer
content: Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Thompson submachine gun was developed by Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson for use in the trenches during World War I, but the first models were not ready by war's end. It fired .45 ACP cartridges at about 850 rounds per minute. The model 1921AC, which came out in 1926, featured a Cutts Compensator, a muzzle brake, which helped prevent the muzzle from rising during automatic fire.
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.69052M
label: catalog number
content: 69052M
label: accession number
content: 261907
label: serial number
content: 7098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: submachine gun
label: Object Name
content: machine gun, sub
label: Object Name
content: submachinegun
label: Other Terms
content: submachine gun; Firearms; Center Fire; .45 In; Rifled
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 9 in x 1 7/8 in; 88.9 cm x 22.86 cm x 4.7625 cm
label: Measurements
content: magazine: 2 1/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 17.145 cm