For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

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During World War II, the United States had two dominating submachine guns, the M1A1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, and the more affordable M3 submachine gun (SMG) which was produced later ...