Why isn't there a Tommy gun with a built in silencer?

Question

Why isn't there a Thompson sub-machine gun with a built in silencer?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Silencers don't work with hypersonic projectiles usually seen in assault rifles and rifles in general

• daniel g

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  .45 ACP is far from supersonic. Hypersonic??? Fastest bullet is short of mach 4
  

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

In "Three Days of the Condor", assassins used a silenced .22 submachine gun. The armed forces probably have them.

• Roger the Mole

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  "Three Days of the Condor" is a movie, and the book it is based on ("Six Days of the Condor") are both FICTION.
  

Answer 6

amazon might have it, they have everything

Answer 7

you have to earn that mod in level 15....

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

The heat would quickly destroy it.

• Infinity

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  4 months agoReport

  Not if it's made of tungsten.
  

Answer 10

there's no market ..................................... not a 'common' firearm ..................