Why did the suppressed Thompson lose out to the Sten?
Royal Armouries
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As world war raged in Europe, Britain’s boffins looked to their existing arsenal of small arms for special service weapons to be used by its Commandos and the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Developing a suppressed sub machine gun was high on the priorities list and this ultra rare Thompson was one option looked at. Even heavier and longer than the already famously bulky M1 Thompson, it’s little surprise this is just one of two such surviving weapons.
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