John Thompson Holding Machine Gun
(Original Caption) 5/10/1922: Photo of General John T. Thompson demonstrating to an interested crowd of officials his new invention, the anti-bandit gun, an automatic rifle weighing a mere seven pounds and firing 120 shots per minute.

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514870016
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May 10, 1922
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