Why isn't there a Tommy gun with a built in silencer?
Why isn't there a Thompson sub-machine gun with a built in silencer?
13 Answers
- daniel gLv 74 months ago
After market suppressors are not uncommon, Thompson just never configured the 'tommy gun' for that.
Not much call given they are intended for combat/battlefield.
- Anonymous4 months ago
Silencers don't work with hypersonic projectiles usually seen in assault rifles and rifles in general
- paul hLv 74 months ago
Some companies today make suppressors for them and other sub-machine models such as the UZI or MP5 have had them as well. Back in WW II, the M3 sub-machine gun was fitted with a suppressor for OSS or OSE usage. Thompson's were mostly issued for battlefield conditions and did not require or need a suppressor. Or if used by law enforcement or gangsters/criminals were not likely needed to be suppressed.
https://www.guns.com/news/2017/12/15/brownells-sil...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hNLrDbw8nc
- PhilomelLv 74 months ago
It is not possible to silence an automatic or semi automatic gun. The blow back from the chamber makes it impractical to try to silence them.
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- 4 months ago
In "Three Days of the Condor", assassins used a silenced .22 submachine gun. The armed forces probably have them.
"Three Days of the Condor" is a movie, and the book it is based on ("Six Days of the Condor") are both FICTION.
- USAFisnumber1Lv 74 months ago
Part of the reason is the loud gun scares the hell out of people and most will duck for cover. A quiet gun will not have that effect. Plus silencers do have their own set of problems, it is better to have a loud gun that works than one that is quiet that could jam up.
- Anonymous4 months ago
there's no market ..................................... not a 'common' firearm ..................
.45 ACP is far from supersonic. Hypersonic??? Fastest bullet is short of mach 4