Dillinger's Choice

While Auto Ordnance was selling the Thompson submachine gun on the open market in the '20s, Gen. Thompson was uncomfortably aware of what the guns could do if in the wrong hands. To his distress, the submachine gun turned out to be the weapon chosen by gangsters.

The "Tommy Gun" gun, literally, made the '20s roar. Possessing tremendous firepower, the Thompson submachine gun was an effective weapon. The Thompson was used by gangsters, such as Al Capone, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.