In the early morning of June 16, 1922, in the Da** Mansion of Guangzhou City, there was a sudden sound**, and the bad news of Chen Jiongming's rebellion came from the other party. Although Sun Yat-sen did not pay attention to it at first, but soon after, a deafening shout came, Chen Jiongming really led more than 400 people to besiege the ** mansion, and this mutiny was called "616" by later generations.
In the face of many enemy attacks, Sun Yat-sen's guards stepped forward and bravely used the Thomson submachine gun in their hands to successfully repel Chen Jiongming's repeated attacks, buying valuable time for Mr. Sun Yat-sen's evacuation of the ** mansion.
And at this critical juncture, in addition to the heroic guards soldiers, there was also a reliable ** Thomson submachine gun in their hands, which helped Mr. Sun Yat-sen successfully escape.
This incident not only made Mr. Sun's guards famous, but also the Thomson submachine gun. After that, the squadron also successfully defeated the Japanese army with this ** in the Burma battlefield.
The Thomson submachine gun was originally designed by Otto Arms, and Colt was responsible for its production. Although it was named after General Thomson, it was actually designed by O. V. Perth and T. H. Oakkhoff.
As an early submachine gun, the Thomson submachine gun was designed to be ahead of its time. The sample, which appeared in 1919, showed excellent performance, with a rate of fire of up to 1500 rounds per minute.
Although the rate of fire was reduced to 800 rounds in the later models that were officially installed and sold, its firepower was still outstanding for that era. After all, during World War II, the Nazi army's general-purpose machine gun MG42 was also required to be fired only at a rate of 500-650 minutes of fire.
Otto Arms originally hoped that this ** would be adopted by the U.S. Army, but due to the design being too advanced, the lack of combat testing, and the lack of war on the U.S. mainland, the Army finally chose another light machine gun.
Next, Otto tried to sell it to police in various states of the United States, but it was unsuccessful because it was expensive and the police had no reason to buy it. In the end, Otto Company put this ** on the private market, and under the prohibition of alcohol in the United States at that time, various gangsters bought it because they needed to fight **.
With its excellent firepower, the new Thomson submachine gun quickly became the standard equipment of the gangsters.
After the prevalence of gangs, conflicts between various gangs and criminal activities of criminals inevitably involved it, so it was given the title of "gang gun".
On the other hand, the United States** suffered losses in many shootouts before finally deciding to incorporate the Thomson submachine gun into police equipment. In addition, due to public pressure, the United States** also began to act: in 1934, the U.S. Congress passed the National Firearms Control Act, which required that every firearm must be registered, and that buyers must also be vetted and pay a $200 transfer tax to obtain a firearm.
The introduction of the new decree and the lifting of Prohibition led to a gradual shrinking market for Thomson submachine guns, which put Otto in trouble again. However, the outbreak of World War II in 1939 brought new opportunities for the company.
The British, in particular, began to purchase in large quantities before they were used by the US military, although some of them sank to the bottom of the sea with sunken merchant ships. By the time Pearl Harbor broke out in 1941, the U.S. military also began to equip its troops on a large scale.
This time, the United States not only equipped its own army, but also transported it massively to allies, including China, through the Lend-Lease Act. After receiving the aid, the guns were mainly distributed to the armies fighting in China, Burma and India.
In the counterattack on northern Burma and the battle of Xuefeng Mountain, the Thomson submachine gun provided unprecedented fire support for the Chinese soldiers, and the squadron equipped with the new ** squadron effectively dealt a blow to the Japanese army that did all kinds of evil.
Because of its complex early design, the Thomson submachine gun was required to be improved by the U.S. military before the end of World War II, and the M3 submachine gun was born. By the end of 1944, production of early models of Thomson submachine guns was discontinued in the continental United States.
After the war, the U.S. military gradually replaced it, and most of it was aided to ** countries or disposed of. Now, only a small number of early civilian models remain in the hands of collectors and enthusiasts, and this classic ** is a rare sight.
However, military fans can still see it in shooting games and war, police and bandit movies, which can be regarded as a kind of nostalgia for this legend**.