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...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 .... The ArmaLite team used a solution previously used on weapons such as the German [[FG 42|FG42]] and [[M1941 Johnson machine gun|Johnson light machine gun]];

...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 ...R was chambered in several calibers including 7.92 x 57 for use of surplus German ammunition.

...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

|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>

...ypically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute. The first machine guns were manually operated, for example, by turning a hand crank. ...of the most significant to allowing higher rates of fire common to machine guns.

...m submachine gun usually refers to larger automatic firearms. Typically, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine ...ger P08 pistol|Luger P08]] long barrel pistol was issued in World War I to German artillery crews. It was manufactured with a longer barrel as it was recogni

...vidual weapon with a fixed, naked barrel. On the other hand medium machine guns have usually had more endurance of some sort, such as the aforementioned he ...f issue, and they were also quite heavy; being, essentially, heavy machine guns.

... firepower. This led to a gradual decline in SVT production. However, when German soldiers (due to their initial lack of a reliable semi-automatic rifle) cap ...pler muzzle brake design. To supplement the Red Army's shortage of machine guns, an SVT version capable of automatic fire was produced in 1943, and was des

... next cartridge from the magazine. The open-bolt system is often used in [[submachine gun]]s and other weapons with a high rate of fire. It is rarely used in sem The first successful design for a semi-automatic rifle is attributed to German-born gunsmith [[Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher]], who unveiled the design

...a Class III Federal firearms license. The Mauser Model 712 "Schnellfeuer" (German for "rapid fire"), a later variant of the Mauser C96 pistol mentioned above ...tions allow the use of larger cartridges and were popular in early machine guns.

...'service weapons' in the truest sense, certain specialist [[rifle]]s and [[submachine gun]]s are categorized as such if issued as per standard operating procedur ...et [[AK-47]], the American [[M16 rifle|M-16]], the Belgian [[FN FAL]], the German [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and the Swiss [[Sturmgewehr 57]], which today supe

...ries, including those of Britain and Germany (picture shows a rifle of the German Army).]] ...lly to meet police requirements were those required by [[West Germany|West German]] police corps after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The [

|type= [[Submachine gun]] ...') was a family of [[United Kingdom|British]] [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]]s used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout [[Wor

...achine guns. A conversion kit used to transform any rifle variant into the submachine gun is also available. It consists of a barrel, bolt, adapter insert and ma *[[Germany]]: Used by the specialized Spezialeinsatzkommando units of the German state police.

....aspx?TabID=3856&Alias=wzo&cob=277367 "Doch keine Austro-Waffen im Irak"] (German),[http://www.wienerzeitung.at Wiener Zeitung], march 29, 2007</ref> on Marc *[[Steyr MPi 69]] and [[Steyr MPi 81]] [[submachine gun]]s

...chine carbine", the StG44 combined the characteristics of a [[carbine]], [[submachine gun]] and [[automatic rifle]]. StG is an abbreviation of ''Sturmgewehr''. T ...fire design, provided a compromise between the controllable firepower of a submachine gun at close quarters with the accuracy and power of a [[Karabiner 98k]] [[

[[Image:Hkmp5count-terr-wiki.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Heckler & Koch]] [[MP5]] submachine gun is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and military forces.]] A '''submachine gun''' (SMG) is a [[firearm]] that combines the [[automatic firearm|automat

|name= Submachine Gun, Caliber .45, M1 |type= [[submachine gun]]

|type= [[submachine gun]] / [[machine pistol]] ... (Hebrew:עוזי, officially cased as '''UZI''') is a related family of [[submachine gun]]s. Smaller variants are more accurately considered [[machine pistol]]s