How many rounds are in a Thompson drum?

Thompson. It weighed almost 10 pounds (4.5 kg) empty and fired . 45-calibre ammunition. The magazine was either a circular drum that held 50 or 100 rounds or a box that held 20 or 30 rounds.
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How many rounds do drums hold?

The capacity of drum magazines varies, but is generally between 50 and 100 rounds.
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Did they use drum mags for the Thompson in ww2?

The answer is no, and not just because a 100-round magazine will help deplete ammunition much faster than having to conserve 20- or 30-round box mags. It turns out, the Thompson was really bulky and not so easy to carry while slung with a drum magazine.
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What is the effective range of a Thompson machine gun?

After World War I

In 1921, the Colt Patent Firearms Company made 15,000 Thompson submachine guns for Auto-Ordinance at a cost of $38.25 each. These were called the “Model 1921A”. This model weighed 10.25 pounds (4.65 kg) and had an effective range (distance it was accurate) of 164 feet (50 m).
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Why did they stop making tommy guns?

In 1939, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the law constitutional. The law so effectively ended the spread and use of submachine guns the federal government didn't get around to actually banning civilian ownership until 1986.
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Was the Thompson used in Vietnam?

The Thompson submachine gun is a weapon that was primarily used by the South Vietnamese Army and provided by the United States.
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What bullets do Thompson use rust?

The Thomspon (tommy), a submachine gun found in RUST. It is a low-to-mid ranged weapon that utilizes pistol ammunition such as HV Pistol Ammo, Incendiary Pistol Bullets, and Pistol Bullets.
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How much does a Thompson 1927 cost?

Auto-Ordnance sells a number of versions of their 1927-A1 Thompson, including a gold-plated tiger-striped model (with matching stick and drum mags) for $4,173, but this more historically accurate base model has an MSRP of $1,551.
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How heavy is a loaded Thompson?

Weight (without magazine): 10 lbs. Weight of gun with drum magazine, loaded: 50 rounds: 14 3/4 lbs.
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Does a 100-round magazine exist?

The Beta C-Mag is a 100-round capacity drum magazine manufactured by the Beta Company. It was designed by Jim Sullivan and first patented in 1987 and has been adapted for use in numerous firearms firing the 5.56×45mm NATO, 7.62×51mm NATO, and 9×19mm Parabellum cartridges.
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Do they make 100-round magazine?

The KCI 100-Round Drum Magazine is designed to fit AR15 style rifles chambered in . 223 Remington or 5.56x45mm NATO; providing reliability and smooth feeding. Reinforced steel feed lips make the 100-round drum magazine extremely durable.
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Do drum mags jam?

Drums mag could be a 2 times multiplier, so 90% dur = 20% jam and 80% dur = 40% jam.
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Was the Thompson a good gun?

The sheer reliability of the Thompson, particularly in its less-expensive but equally deadly M1A1 model, made it the perfect weapon to endure battlefield conditions where rain, mud, snow and sand made weapon care a chore.
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How many Thompson's were used in ww2?

For WWII, approximately 1,700,000 Thompson Submachine Guns were produced by Auto-Ordnance and Savage Arms, with 1,387,134 being the simplified WWII M1 and M1A1 variants (without the Blish lock and oiling system).
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Why did gangsters use Tommy guns?

Because of their relatively short length (they're around 32 inches long), Tommy guns fit quite snugly in a small, wooden violin case. Apart from being the ultimate mobster prop, carrying a Tommy gun in a violin case came about as a practical solution, in the 1920s, to needing to carry a firearm in public.
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Can a civilian own a Thompson machine gun?

Federal law prohibits the possession of newly manufactured machine guns, but permits the transfer of machine guns lawfully owned prior to May 19, 1986, if the transfer is approved by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. As a result, a substantial number of machine guns are still in circulation.
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Why is a Tommy gun called a Tommy gun?

This is also the origin of the most commonly used name for the gun, the "Tommy Gun"--a shortening used after the gun's popularization with gangsters that emphasizes just how much the gun's intent changed from Thompson's failed attempts to sell them to the police and the military to their widespread use in trafficking ...
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Can you put a flashlight on a Thompson rust?

With the recent QoL update, the Thompson can now take underbarrel attachments, such as the Flashlight and Laser, marginally buffing it in comparison to the other SMGs.
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Whats the best gun in rust?

Rust: 15 Best Weapons, Ranked
  1. 1 The M249. Still, if what you want is the best of the best when it comes to going gung ho on some trash-talkers in Rust, the M249.
  2. 2 The Assault Rifle/AK. ...
  3. 3 The L96 Rifle. ...
  4. 4 The Bolt Action Rifle. ...
  5. 5 The Multiple Grenade Launcher. ...
  6. 6 The LR-300 Assault Rifle. ...
  7. 7 The M39 Rifle. ...
  8. 8 The SPAS-12 Shotgun. ...
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What happened to all the M16 from Vietnam?

The harsh jungle climate corroded the rifle's chamber, exacerbated by the manufacturer's decision against chrome-plating the chamber. The ammunition that accompanied the rifles sent to Vietnam was incompatible with the M16 and was the principal cause of the failure to extract malfunctions.
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What pistol does the U.S. Army use in Vietnam?

Colt M1911A1 – standard US and ARVN sidearm. Colt Commander – used by US military officers and US Special forces. Browning Hi-Power – used by Australian and New Zealand forces (L9 pistol).
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