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Thompson Autorifle, the Glossary

The Thompson Autorifle was a semi-automatic rifle that used a Blish Lock to delay the action of the weapon.^[1]

10 relations: Auto-Ordnance Corporation, Blish lock, Interrupted screw, John Garand, John Pedersen (arms designer), M1 Garand, Semi-automatic rifle, .276 Pedersen, .30-06 Springfield, 7.62×54mmR.
7.62×54mmR semi-automatic rifles
Trial and research firearms of the United States

Auto-Ordnance Corporation

Auto-Ordnance was a U.S. arms development firm founded by retired Colonel John T. Thompson of the United States Army Ordnance Department in 1916.

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The Blish lock is a breech locking mechanism designed by John Bell Blish based upon his assumption that under extreme pressures, certain dissimilar metals would resist movement with a force greater than friction laws would predict.

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Interrupted screw

Breech from Russian 122 mm M1910 howitzer, modified and combined with 105 mm H37 howitzer barrel An interrupted screw or interrupted thread is a mechanical device typically used in the breech of artillery guns.

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John Garand

Jean Cantius Garand (January 1, 1888 – February 16, 1974), also known as John C. Garand, was a Canadian-American designer of firearms who created the M1 Garand, a semi-automatic rifle that was widely used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps during both World War II and the Korean War.

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John Pedersen (arms designer)

John Douglas Pedersen (May 21, 1881 – May 23, 1951) was a prolific arms designer who worked for Remington Arms, and later for the United States Government.

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M1 Garand

The M1 Garand or M1 rifleOfficially designated as U.S. rifle, caliber.30, M1, later simply called Rifle, Caliber.30, M1, also called US Rifle, Cal.

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Semi-automatic rifle

A semi-automatic rifle is an autoloading rifle that fires a single cartridge with each pull of the trigger and uses part of the fired cartridge's energy to eject the case and load another cartridge into the chamber.

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.276 Pedersen

The.276 Pedersen (7×51mm) round was an experimental 7 mm cartridge developed for the United States Army.

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.30-06 Springfield

The.30-06 Springfield cartridge (pronounced "thirty-aught-six"), 7.62×63mm in metric notation, and called the.30 Gov't '06 by Winchester, was introduced to the United States Army in 1906 and later standardized; it remained in military use until the late 1970s.

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