The Apache Arms carbine was a late-1960s Thompson SMG lookalike produced in small numbers as the successor to the Spitfire carbine after the IRS deemed the Spitfire a machine gun. Chambered in .45 ACP ...

During World War II, the United States had two dominating submachine guns, the M1A1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, and the more affordable M3 submachine gun (SMG) which was produced later ...