A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson...
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Thompson submachine gun (also known as the "Tommy gun", "Chicago typewriter", or "trench broom") is a blowback-operated, selective-fire submachine gun, invented...
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The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until...
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is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. The M3 was chambered...
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"Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva", in English: "Sudayev's submachine-gun") is a family of Soviet submachine guns chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, developed by Alexei...
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list of submachine guns. It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like...
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The Lanchester is a submachine gun ("machine carbine") manufactured by the Sterling Armaments Company between 1941 and 1945. It is an evolution from MP28/II...
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PPSh-41 (redirect from The Type 50 submachine gun)
'Shpagin's machine-pistol-41') is a selective-fire, open-bolt, blowback submachine gun that fires the 7.62×25mm Tokarev round. It was designed by Georgy Shpagin...
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The M56 submachine gun is a Yugoslavian submachine gun chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, designed for use with the Yugoslav People's Army. Initially a state-funded...
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Type 100 submachine gun (一〇〇式機関短銃, Hyaku-shiki kikan-tanjū) was a Japanese submachine gun used during World War II and the only submachine gun produced...
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The Błyskawica (Polish: 'lightning') was a submachine gun produced by the Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, a Polish resistance movement fighting the Germans...
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The F1 is a 9x19mm Australian submachine gun manufactured by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory. First issued to Australian troops in July 1963, it replaced...
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MP 18 (redirect from Bergmann Submachine Gun)
The MP 18 is a German submachine gun designed and manufactured by Bergmann Waffenfabrik. Introduced into service in 1918 by the German Army during World...
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MAC-10 (redirect from M10 submachine gun)
known as the MAC-10, is a compact, blowback operated machine pistol/submachine gun that was developed by Gordon Ingram in 1964. It is chambered in either...
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Cheetah) is a Russian submachine gun developed by the military unit 33491 and JSC REX first presented in 1997 Moscow. The gun was developed as an answer...
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use 9×19mm ammunition, it is said to be the first submachine gun, although not a true submachine gun by modern standards. Due to its extremely high rate...
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The Vigneron is a submachine gun manufactured in Belgium during the 1950s. It used the 9×19mm NATO cartridge and was used by the Belgian Army until the...
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also known as the Type ETVS or simply the ETVS, was a French prototype submachine gun designed by Captain Marlin and produced by the Établissement Technique...
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Uzi (redirect from UZI submachine gun)
cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel "Uzi" Gal in the...
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Sten (redirect from Sten submachine gun)
The STEN (or Sten gun) is a British submachine gun chambered in 9×19mm which was used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War...
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Arabic pronunciation: كارلوجستاف, "Karlu Justhaf") is an improvised submachine gun manufactured by small workshops in the Palestinian territories. The...
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were submachine guns manufactured at the Oviedo Arsenal in Spain. They were based directly on the design of the Finnish 9mm Model 44 submachine gun, which...
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Choroszmanów submachine gun (Polish: Pistolet maszynowy Choroszmanów) was a Polish submachine gun created by Grzegorz Choroszman during German occupation...
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The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun that was designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the...
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Austen (from "Australian Sten") is a 9×19mm Australian submachine gun derived from the British Sten gun developed during the Second World War. In total 19...
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'1979 Year Type Submachine Gun') but more commonly known as (Chinese: 79式衝鋒槍; pinyin: 79 Shì Chōngfēng Qiāng; lit. '79 Type Submachine Gun') is the first...
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The M49 submachine gun is a Yugoslavian submachine gun chambered in 7.62×25mm Tokarev, designed for use with the Yugoslav People's Army. While externally...
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(11.5 mm) Thompson M1928 & M1928A1 Austen submachine gun (Withdrawn from combat use in August 1944) Owen gun (Adopted in September 1941. Standard issue...
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List of firearms (redirect from List of guns)
arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines...
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was a Hungarian submachine gun designed by Pál Király in the late 1930s and used during World War II. The 9×25mm Danuvia submachine gun was designed by...
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