WHAT DOES WHY ARE STEYR AUGS SO EXPENSIVE MEAN?

In 1919, Thompson directed Auto Ordnance to modify the gun for nonmilitary use. The gun, categorized a “submachine gun” to denote a small, hand-held, fully automatic firearm chambered for pistol ammunition, was formally named the “Thompson submachine gun” to honor the man most responsible for its generation.The Thompson SMG was designed to