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  2. Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    The Thompson submachine gun (also known as the " Tommy gun ", " Chicago typewriter ", or " trench broom ") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented and developed by Brigadier General John T. Thompson, a United States Army officer, in 1918. It was designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare of World War I, although ...

  3. Tommy Gun (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Tommy Gun" is a song by the British punk rock band The Clash, released as the first single from their second album Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978). Background [ edit ]

  4. List of equipment of the Soviet Ground Forces - Wikipedia

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    6B4 (Zh-85) Ballistic vest. Issued between 1985 and 1986, the Zh-85t and Zh-85k provided chest protection against bullets in the front and spinal protection against fragments in the back. [ 3]: 42. 6B5 "Ulej" (Zh-86) Ballistic vest. Issued in 1988, it replaced the Zh-85t and Zh-85k vests. The Zh-86 covers a larger body area, and its ...

  5. Pete Townshend - Wikipedia

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    Townshend was born in Chiswick, West London, at the Chiswick Hospital, Netheravon Road, in the UK.He came from a musical family: his father, Cliff Townshend, was a professional alto saxophonist in the Royal Air Force's dance band the Squadronaires and his mother, Betty (née Dennis), was a singer with the Sidney Torch and Les Douglass Orchestras.

  6. List of firearms - Wikipedia

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    List of firearms. This is an extensive list of small arms —including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles ...

  7. List of television theme music - Wikipedia

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    Good Times ("Good Times") – composed by Dave Grusin, Alan and Marilyn Bergman; performed by Jim Gilstrap and Blinky Wiiliams. Good Witch – Jack Lenz. The Goodies ("The Goodies Theme) – Bill Oddie and Michael Gibbs. Goodnight Sweetheart – Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, performed by Al Bowlly.

  8. Meat Loaf - Wikipedia

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    Marvin Lee Aday was born in Dallas, Texas, on September 27, 1947, [8] [9] the son of Wilma Artie (née Hukel), a schoolteacher and member of the Vo-di-o-do Girls gospel music quartet, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a former police officer who went into business selling a homemade cough remedy with his wife and a friend under the name of the Griffin Grocery Company. [10]

  9. Top Gun: Maverick (soundtrack) - Wikipedia

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    Top Gun: Maverick (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack to the 2022 action film Top Gun: Maverick by Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga, and Hans Zimmer. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It consists of the film's score as well as two original songs, " Hold My Hand " by Gaga and " I Ain't Worried " by OneRepublic , which were released as singles ...