Submachine gun - Wikipedia
WEBA submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-").
List of submachine guns - Wikipedia
WEBhis is a list of submachine guns. It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like weapons" not easily categorized. Weapons may fit in more than one category.
Submachine gun | History, Design & Use | Britannica
WEBSubmachine gun, lightweight automatic small-arms weapon chambered for relatively low-energy pistol cartridges and fired from the hip or shoulder. Most types utilize simple blowback actions. Using cartridges of such calibres as .45 inch or 9 mm, they usually have box-type magazines that hold from 10.
Submachine Guns: History & Notable Models - Pew Pew Tactical
WEBSep 25, 2021 · Submachine Guns: History & Notable Models. Osprey 9 on LWRCI SMG45. We take you through the history of submachine guns, exploring how SMGs came to be, some notable models, and where they are now. BY Travis Pike, Published September 25, 2021. 4 Comments. Bookmark.
From the Submachine Gun to the Assault Rifle: Their History ...
WEBJul 18, 2022 · The submachine gun was largely replaced worldwide militarily by the modern assault rifle. The best known of these were Mikhail Kalashnikov's (1919-2013) AK-47 assault rifle and its derivatives and copies, and the American M16 and its derivatives.
The Evolution Of The Submachine Gun | Weapons That Changed …
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UMP40 - Heckler & Koch
WEBAvailable in a variety of select-fire submachine gun configurations or as a semi-automatic only carbine, the HK UMP (Universal Machine Pistol) was designed with American law enforcement and military units in mind, as it includes a bolt catch feature to hold the bolt rearward when last round is fired.
A Brief History of the Submachine Gun—1915 to Today
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Wikipedia defines a submachine gun as: “a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to shoot handgun cartridges.” The term submachine gun was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun. In modern parlance, they’re frequently referred to as “subguns.”
Evolution of the Submachine Gun: Three Distinct Generations
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Heckler & Koch MP5 - Wikipedia
WEBThe Heckler & Koch MP5 ( German: Maschinenpistole 5) is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design to the Heckler & Koch G3, and has over 100 variants and clones, [14] including selective fire, semi-automatic, suppressed, compact, and even marksman variants. [15] .
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