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...sirable for anything but belt-fed machine guns and pistol-sized submachine guns. The reason is that the mass of the bolt, moving forward, causes the gun t ...o issues of firearm size, and minimum required energy. Short-range target guns are, generally, chambered in .22 Long Rifle, or .22 Short, which have very

...g the war, they also produced [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistols and [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease Gun]]s. ...nut pin was furnished only on guns built prior to [[1955]]. On later-built guns having no pin, simply rotate the magazine nut.)<br>The barrel is joined to

.... Ithaca also produced the [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistol and the [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease Gun]] for the United States military during [[World War II]]. ... its assets sold at auction on November 29, 2005 to the Marshals of Ithaca Guns, USA LLC. Finally, David Dlubak bought the current Ithaca Gun Company and a

...an the pistol cartridges of submachine guns, but that could be used like a submachine gun in close-quarters and urban fighting. Production of the StG44 was never *[http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl02-e.htm world.guns.ru]

...tle of Caporetto. it also aided development of the next Italian submachine guns, the OVP 1918 and the Beretta 1918. It is always claimed that the Beretta b ...explains the reputation of unreliability of these first Beretta submachine guns.

==Machine guns== ==Submachine guns==

== Submachine Guns == * '''[[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]]'''

;Machine Guns ;Machine Guns

...un]]s, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and [[submachine gun]]s, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assau ...complex of Kalashnikov assault rifles chambered for domestic 7.62 x 39mm, 5.45 x 39mm cartridges as well as the 5.56 x 45mm NATO cartridge to expand the e

*[[KBP A-91|A-91]] (Russia - Compact Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm, 5.56 x 45 mm, 7.62 x 39 mm) *[[AEK-971]] (Russia - Assault Rifle - 5.45 x 39 mm & 7.62 x 39 mm)

...ense weapon]]s (PDWs), all of which are sometimes designated as submachine guns. *[[FMK-3 submachine gun]]

In World War I, as [[submachine gun]]s were found to be effective in trench warfare, experiments with conve

* [[List of Italian submachine guns]]

...t. By contrast, soldiers armed with rapid fire weapons (such as submachine guns) were much more likely to have fired their weapons in battle. These conclus ...g" ability of the [[.30 Carbine]].<ref>Hutton, Robert (ed.), ''The .223'', Guns & Ammo Annual Edition, 1971</ref>

...nemy's head down until it was too late. (The idea would resurface in the [[submachine gun]] and ultimately the [[assault rifle]].) It is not known if any of thes ... U.S. civilian transfer was banned in 1968, and U.S. production of machine guns for civilian transfer was banned in 1986. Transferable civilian-owned BAR m

...vations of conflicts during the 1930s, and dissatisfaction with existing [[submachine gun]]s and rifles contributed to the development of the M1 Carbine. ...nsufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine guns such as the [[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]] were more than sufficiently powerful for close-range encount

...& Koch G3|H&K G3]] and other rifles, and even the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5 submachine gun]]. Most of these other companies have since devised 40 mm grenade laun Several companies have also produced [[37 mm flare|37mm flare guns]] resembling the M203, which may be purchased without paperwork in most U.S

|name= M3 submachine gun |type= [[submachine gun]]

...with the M16A2 rifle and was intended to replace the .45 ACP M3 submachine guns and selected M9 pistols and M16 rifle series with most Army units (this pla ...rifle to be the "firearm" (the serial numbered and, in the case of machine guns, registered under federal law, part of the weapon), a registered Colt M16 (

|type= [[submachine gun]] ...eUQ&dq=The%20MP40%20submachine%20gun&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=&f=false The MP40 submachine gun]. Zenith Imprint. p. 75. ISBN 0760310149.</ref>