| | | Thompson Airsoft | Part of the attraction of airsoft guns to airsoft
enthusiasts is that the airsoft weapons are usually
painstaking reproductions of actual weapons. Some
airsoft manufacturing companies go so far as to build
their guns out of actual metal. This adds to the
realism already achieved by the scale replicas. In
some cases, the weapon that the airsoft gun is
designed after is not available to the public in the
form of an actual firearm. For example, one of the
more popular airsoft guns ina replica of the H&K p90,
a new generation compact sub machine gun that is
completely unavailable to the public. as well as
cutting edge firearms, makers of airsoft guns have
made airsoft versions of historical weapons as well.
For instance, a popular model of airsoft gun is
designed after the thompson sub machine gun.
The first Thompson sub machine gun was invented in
1919, but the first model appeared in 1921, and was
manufactured by Colt. Tommy guns first became famous
during United States Prohibition. If you have ever
seen a gangster movie set during prohibition, then you
have seen a thompson submachine gun. They are easily
identified by their circular magazine. During
prohibition they were the weapon of choice for
bootleggers. It is thought that they were the weapon
used in the Saint Valentines Day Massacre. They were
used by both police and criminals. Widespread use and
commercial success didn't occur until nearly 20 years
later, during World War II and in the Korean war.
Thompson Auto Ordinance makes an airsoft replica of
the Thompson sub machine gun that shoots up to 300
feet per second
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