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Thompson SMG is weirdly a beloved iconic firearm and yet at the same time It's one of the only guns created in that time period to be completely discontinued by the US army. Think about it, the M1911 pistol is still in use, M2 browning still going strong, heck even the M1 Garand lives on in the form of the high tech polymer M14 - why didn’t the Thompson get a glow up makeover too?

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The origins of the Thompson Submachine gun traces its roots back to Brigader General John T Thompson who was born in 1860 and graduated from West Point. The point is, it’s likely too late for the Thompson to enter back into service in the US military at this point. But a guy can always hope