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[[Image:Kirk_offers_a_piece_of_the_action.jpg|thumb|[[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Spock]] with Tommy guns on Sigma Iotia II]]
 
[[Image:Kirk_offers_a_piece_of_the_action.jpg|thumb|[[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Spock]] with Tommy guns on Sigma Iotia II]]
 
[[Image:Tommygun-picard.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Luc Picard]] (as [[Dixon Hill]]) wields a Tommy gun]]
 
[[Image:Tommygun-picard.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-Luc Picard]] (as [[Dixon Hill]]) wields a Tommy gun]]
The '''Thompson submachine gun''', commonly known as the '''Tommy gun''', was an automatic [[projectile weapon]] developed in the [[United States of America]] in the [[1920s]]. It became particularly recognizable as a symbol of organized crime in the first half of the [[20th century]], and especially of the [[Chicago]] [[gangster]]s of the 1920s.
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The '''Thompson submachine gun '''(mostly known versions are Thompson 1928 and M1A1)''' ,''' commonly known as the '''Tommy gun''', was an automatic [[projectile weapon]] developed in the [[United States of America]] in the [[1920s]]. It became particularly recognizable as a symbol of organized crime in the first half of the [[20th century]], and especially of the [[Chicago]] [[gangster]]s of the 1920s.
   
 
The natives of [[Sigma Iotia II]], a world that modeled itself after the book ''[[Chicago Mobs of the Twenties]]'', left behind by the crew of the starship ''[[Horizon (starship)|Horizon]]'', almost universally carried Tommy guns, including the women. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action}})
 
The natives of [[Sigma Iotia II]], a world that modeled itself after the book ''[[Chicago Mobs of the Twenties]]'', left behind by the crew of the starship ''[[Horizon (starship)|Horizon]]'', almost universally carried Tommy guns, including the women. ({{TOS|A Piece of the Action}})
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Revision as of 18:21, 21 July 2009

Kirk offers a piece of the action

Kirk and Spock with Tommy guns on Sigma Iotia II

File:Tommygun-picard.jpg

Jean-Luc Picard (as Dixon Hill) wields a Tommy gun

The Thompson submachine gun (mostly known versions are Thompson 1928 and M1A1) , commonly known as the Tommy gun, was an automatic projectile weapon developed in the United States of America in the 1920s. It became particularly recognizable as a symbol of organized crime in the first half of the 20th century, and especially of the Chicago gangsters of the 1920s.

The natives of Sigma Iotia II, a world that modeled itself after the book Chicago Mobs of the Twenties, left behind by the crew of the starship Horizon, almost universally carried Tommy guns, including the women. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

Tommy guns were also used in several of the Dixon Hill novels favored by Captain Jean-Luc Picard, which were set late in the gangster era. In the year 2063, Captain Picard lured two Borg drones into a holodeck on the USS Enterprise-E, disabled the safety protocols, and used a Thompson submachine gun on the drones, killing them (TNG: " Manhunt", Star Trek: First Contact)

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