Mob Special


 * A powerful .45 caliber machinegun that fired
 * infinite bullets! Fire away Chicago—style.

The Chicago Typewriter is an infinite-ammo sub-machine gun based on the Thompson M1. In the GameCube version it is available for 1,000,000 pesetas after beating the Assignment Ada minigame. In PlayStation 2, PC and Wii versions, beating Separate Ways will unlock this gun for the main game, while beating Assignment Ada will unlock it for Separate Ways, where it costs 300,000 pesetas. In the main game it also costs 1,000,000 pesetas.

The Chicago Typewriter takes up 21 spaces (7x3) of Leon's inventory, making it one of the bulkiest weapons in the game. It is equivalent in size to the P.R.L. 412.

It has a firepower of 10.0 and can fire every 0.10 seconds (effectively doing 100.0 damage per second). It takes 2.83 seconds to reload, but it never needs to be reloaded (although Leon's Mobster costume has a special animation) and has unlimited ammunition.

The Chicago Typewriter cannot be upgraded.

The Chicago Typewriter's default skin is the M1A1 Thompson famous for it's use in World War II, using a 30-round box type magazine. If Leon wears his Mafia costume, his Typewriter becomes the M1928 model with a foregrip and 50-round drum magazine. When wearing his Mobster costume, Leon performs a special animation when the player presses the reload button.

The Chicago Typewriter is extremely powerful. With its high damage and rate of fire, coupled with its infinite ammo, the player can simply throw caution to the wind and fire away, Chicago style. A typical Ganado will die from one or two shots, making entire crowds of them fall in seconds. It is generally considered to be one of the most effective weapons in the game. Much like the Red9/Blacktail debate, there is an ongoing debate as to whether the Chicago Typewriter is more effective than the other "special" weapons, the Infinite Rocket Launcher and the Handcannon.

Trivia
During the Prohibition era (1920s) in Chicago, America, the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun was legally and easily available in Sporting Goods shops and as such was popularly used by the Chicago mob and the Police. It was said to sound like a typewriter when it was heard firing at a distance. Thus the Thompson earned the name "Chicago Typewriter".

The Thompson also became synonymous with various career criminals such as John Dillinger, Lester "Baby Face Nelson" Gillis, and George "Machine Gun" Kelly Barnes. This popularity among the criminal underworld in conjunction with its frequent use by law enforcement earned it the title of "the gun that made the 20's roar".