Weaponology - Submachine Guns - "MP40 / Thompson"

These handheld killers were to become a key infantry weapon in the second World War. The submachine gun worked on the principal that the more lead you lose off, the greater your chance of killing. The German MP40 was both compact and lethal. But one submachine gun towers over the rest of the family. One of the earliest models, it combined the rugged menace of the wild west with the glamour of Hollywood. Tommy gun take a bow.