The Mafia is organized criminal organizations of Italian or Sicilian heritage.
The Mafia was a gang made of many different families, that at sometimes fought each other in bloody gang wars.
The Mafia was known for smuggling beer, wine, and hard alcohol all over the country.
People in mafias usually wore
fedoras to look threatening.
Men in mafias and
a lot of other men
wore double-breasted
jackets.
The jackets also had padded off
shoulders that attracted men to buy them.
The Mafia used all kinds of weapons.
From the Tommy gun, to the Spring Grease. They even used the old fashion baseball bat to beat people.
Tommy gun
The Tommy Gun
was used as a hand held machine gun that shot 1,200rpm (rounds per minute).
The Tommy gun was favored by soldiers,police,civilians, and the mafia.
Spring Grease
The Spring Grease is a sub machine gun that destroys anything in its path. Shoots 150 fps (feet per second).
The Spring grease
was made to replace
the .45 caliber Thompson series.
Baseball bat
The baseball bat was used in
up close and personal fights(melee)
The mafia also used
baseball bats to beat
secrets out of people.
They fought anyone who trespassed
on their property.
They killed other gangs who served a threat or who attacked them before.
They got money by threatening business.
They needed money to bribe the police in
case they got caught for smuggling drugs.
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