Tommy Gun

The Tommy gun is a lootable submachine gun found in the Museum.

Overview The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy Gun", "Chicago Typewriter", "Chicago Piano", or "Trench Broom") is a blowback-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed selective-fire submachine gun, invented by the United States Army Brigadier general John T. Thompson in 1918. It was originally designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, but was not finished until after the war ended.

Whilst it wasn't the first true submachine gun used with the title going to the German MP-18 that had seen service just before the end of WW1, the Thompson was the first weapon to be labeled and marketed as a "submachine gun" in a widespread fashion.

The Thompson saw early use by the United States Marine Corps during the Banana Wars, the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Irish Republican Army, the Republic of China, and the FBI.

The Thompson became notorious during the Prohibition era, used as a signature weapon of various organized crime syndicates in the United States in the 1920s. It was a common sight in the media at the time, and was used by both law enforcement officers and criminals.

The Thompson was widely adopted by the U.S. military during World War II, and was used extensively by the Allied troops during the war although simplified and a lot less complicated compared to it's Inter-war counterpart, designated as the M1A1 Thompson during this time. More than 1.5 million military Thompson submachine guns were produced during World War II.

While the fully automatic Thompsons are no longer produced. Numerous semi-automatic civilian versions are still being produced by the manufacturer Auto-Ordnance. While these models retain a similar appearance to the original, they have various modifications in order to comply with US firearm laws.

In AniPhobia, the Tommy gun is modeled off the M1928A1 as shown by its 50 round drum and visible blish lock.

In-game
The Tommy Gun is a weapon that can be found in the storeroom in the Museum, seen as a upgrade compared to the likes of the Mac-10 and the MP5, the Tommy gun deals 30 damage and 60 on headshots, being a reliable damage dealer at CQC being on par with Assault Rifles with the only SMG capable of going toe to toe with the Tommy Gun being the MP7.

The Tommy Gun has an ammo capacity of 150 rounds, with 50 rounds already in the player's magazine and 100 more in reserve, with a reload time of approximately 3 seconds which is fairly average for some weapons but for a weapon with a large clip size, this is relatively good compared to the likes of the M60 and the M134 which take nearly double the time to reload.

Dying will remove this weapon from the player's inventory. Players will need to loot it again to be able to use it again. Strategies The Tommy Gun can work reliably as a form of a pseudo-LMG thanks to it's plentiful ammo capacity and large clip size, being useful in taking on groups of enemies with little issue, compared to the likes of the MAC-10 and the MP5, the Tommy Gun's slower rate of fire means that ammo conservation is rather easy, being able to retain its ammo supply for a while.

The Tommy Gun uses Pistol ammo which is plentiful around the map, being easy to refill. Trivia
 * When equipping the Tommy Gun, an audio clip of Joseph Joestar from Episode 11 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventures : Battle Tendency is heard."By Coincidence, the Tommy Gun Joseph uses also is a M1928A1 Model."