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Description: | Thompson Model 1928 A1 submachine gun. It has a wooden stock and pistol grip; the rest of the weapon is steel. It can be fitted with either a 20 or 30 round box magazine or a 50 or 100 round drum magazine (both missing). Blowback action. The barrel is fitted with a blade foresight and aperture rearsight. The calibre is 0.45in. Stamped on the gun is the following: serial number '30935'. British Ordnance marks consisting of a crown over 'MI' over 'E' The maker's mark 'AUTO-ORDNANCE CORPORATION NEW YORK, NY, USA' is also stamped on the gun. The Thompson submachine gun was issued to both the Army and the Navy in 1939 but replaced in land service by the Sten submachine gun which was cheaper and easier to produce, and in the Navy by the Lanchester.
This firearm was acquired via the Firearms Amnesty of 1988. In event of disposal it must be either transferred (not given) to authorised museums, the Forensic Science Service, the MOD Pattern Room, the Royal Military College at Shrivenham. Otherwise it must be handed into the Metropolitan Police for destruction.
caption: Thompson Model 1928 A1 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | submachine guns Auto-Ordnance Corporation | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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