It's a fine gun and of course, has a real 'mystique' about it. It also packed a real punch a close range thanks to the heavy calibre bullets. Downside was the weight - it feels really heavy ! It must have been a real drag to lug one of these things around the Ardennes in sub-zero temperatures.

Also, on the A1 model the bolt was extremely heavy too, making the gun very difficult to control. If you read Donald Burgett's D-Day memoir, 'Currahee' , he gives some memorable impressions of using the Thompson under combat conditions.

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