submachine gun

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Thompson, who takes his stage name from his wartime submachine gun, rose to fame during the bloody conflicts that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

He fought in three of its five major battles, as well as in many lesser engagements, armed with a Thompson submachine gun.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

It features a solemn colonnade along with a column atop which a Soviet soldier stands cradling a submachine gun — a structure known to generations of Viennese as the “Monument to the Unknown Looter.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2023

Eells compared the weapon to an Uzi submachine gun, which can fire more rounds per minute than an AR-15.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

So was Sigurd Ngozori, the president of the Fidelity & Trust, carrying a heavy briefcase and accompanied by a character with a submachine gun, and Adolf Lautier and Professor Hartzenbosch.

From Four-Day Planet by Piper, H. Beam