Type 100 second pattern submachine gun. Tubular construction with a drilled barrel jacket that has a bayonet lug on the right side. The action is marked with 100, a Japanese character (type), the ...

However, today we are not looking at a... Submachine guns (SMGs) are an interesting category of weapons. They are typically defined as selective-fire weapons that feed from a removable magazine ...

One of these newer types of weapons at the time was the submachine gun. Submachine guns are compact, shoulder-fired firearms capable of fully automatic fire that are loaded with pistol ammunition.

Recently I met a man (he prefers to remain anonymous for this column) from another state who owns a 1921 Model Thompson submachine gun (TSMG). He discovered the Elkhart County Sheriff’s ...