Which WW2 Submachine Gun Was the BEST? Tommy Gun vs MP40

Two of the most iconic submachine guns of the Second World War go head-to-head: the American Thompson ‘Tommy Gun’ and the German MP40 ‘Schmeisser’.

Join James Holland as he takes a close look at these legendary weapons — from the heavy, robust Thompson, first marketed to farmers and made infamous by gangsters in the 1920s, to the compact, beautifully engineered MP40 carried by German infantry across every front of WW2.

Which was better in battle? The solid “trench broom”, initially designed to be fired from the hip, or the lightweight, well-balanced MP40 that soldiers loved to get their hands on?

📍 Filmed on location at WW2 Armor’s Valousia Valor Days in Florida: https://www.ww2armor.org/

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00:00 Intro
00:33 The MP40
05:53 The Thompson
12:05 Which is best?
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