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... were based directly on the design of the [[Finland|Finnish]] 9mm Model 44 submachine gun, which in turn was based on the [[Soviet]] [[PPS-43]]. A large number o
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...[[1 April]] [[1949]]) was the Australian who developed the [[Owen Gun|Owen Submachine Gun]] which was used in [[World War II]], the Korean War and the Vietnam Wa
...teer him towards less dangerous pursuits, the young Owen was obsessed with guns; with making, modifying, and firing them. At the age of eight he began his
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...tion, the FAMAS F1 replaced the aging [[MAS 49]]/56 rifle and [[MAT-49]] [[submachine gun]], and approximately 400,000 FAMAS F1 assault rifles were produced, wit
...name="Article">[http://www.riflesnguns.com/node/649 Famas F-1], ''Rifles n Guns'', 2007-01-02</ref>
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...ly [[pistol]]s and [[hand grenade]]s on them during airborne raids, with [[submachine gun]]s, [[rifle]]s and crew-served weapons stored separately in containers
...l shoulder-fired automatic rifle that would replace the bolt-action rifle, submachine gun, and light machine gun in the air assault role.<ref name="Senich"/> The
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...safety system and trigger mechanism were adopted from the [[FN P90|P90]] [[submachine gun]]; the selector toggle is a rotating disc located below the trigger. Th
...ly a shorter F2000 military barrel with an extended flash hider.<ref name="Guns Lot"/>
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...1955 the IDF adopted the [[Israel Military Industries|IMI]]-produced [[Uzi submachine gun]]. The Uzi was a superb automatic weapon, but it had one major drawback
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...ler2001">Miller, David (2001). ''The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns''. London: Salamander Books Ltd.. ISBN 9781840652451.</ref> The P90's name
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...on|M249 SAW]] light machine guns, [[M240 machine gun|M240]] medium machine guns, [[FN FNP series|FNP series pistols]] and [[M2 machine gun]]s.
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... (e.g., Colt [[AR-15]], [[H&K G36E]], [[TEC-9]], all [[AK-47]]s, and [[Uzi submachine gun|Uzi]]s) and other semi-automatic firearms because they possess a minimu
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...ms]], requiring the services of more than one crewman, just like artillery guns. Generally, an automatic firearm designed for a single user is referred to
For handguns and long guns, the [[projectile]] is a [[bullet]], or in historical [[cannons]], a [[cann
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*'''Simple blowback''' - [[MP 18]], [[MP 40]], [[Uzi submachine gun]], [[Walther PPK]]
*'''Blish Lock''' - early [[Thompson submachine gun]]s
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...o death!"'' 2) ''noun:'' one who bubba's his (they're almost always male) guns.
* '''Chicago typewriter:''' a [[Thompson submachine gun]] with drum magazine and forward grip.
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...s of an inch or in millimeters. Differing from the [[musket]], most modern guns are [[Rifling|rifled]], with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel
...[[mortar]]s and all hand-held firearms are excluded from the definition of guns. Two exceptions to this include: the [[shotgun]], which is a [[smoothbore]]
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...led budgetary discussions. The new law, which would allow civilians to own guns, sparked heated scenes in the East Timorese parliament between the parliame
...oting for work purposes, D - long guns for hunting, E - sporting guns, F - guns collecting )
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...455. (May 1981)</ref><ref name="CNNpoll">[http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/16/guns.poll/ Majority in U.S. poll support gun ownership rights] - CNN.com</ref> w
... has never ruled against the constitutionality of reasonable regulation of guns and the prohibition of private possession of certain types of weapons.
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* From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.<ref
...y simplest pistols. The earliest handguns were single-shot, muzzle-loading guns with ignition provided by inserting a smoldering match cord into a [[touch
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...ous series of small [[firearm]]s, notably the [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5]] [[submachine gun]], [[Heckler & Koch G3|G3]] and more modern [[Heckler & Koch G36|G36]]
...[Glock]] was the first firearms manufacturer to use polymers in their hand guns, however it was Heckler & Koch who actually claimed that title when they re
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}}The '''MP5''' is a [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[submachine gun]] of [[Germany|German]] design, developed in the 1960s by a team of eng
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...i of Peiraeus, for the adoption of its own-developed rifles and submachine guns, was rejected after testing proved that its weapons were not up to desired
...tories hundreds of thousands of rifles (military and civilian) and machine guns, as well as pistols, mortars, ammunition&expolsives, rocket launchers, land
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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
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...g the war, they also produced [[M1911 Colt pistol|M1911]] pistols and [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease Gun]]s.
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.... 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
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...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]
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...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
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==Machine guns==
==Submachine guns==
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== Submachine Guns ==
* '''[[Thompson submachine gun|Thompson]]'''
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...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
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*[[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)
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...ense weapon]]s (PDWs), all of which are sometimes designated as submachine guns.
*[[FMK-3 submachine gun]]
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* [[List of Italian submachine guns]]
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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
...g" ability of the [[.30 Carbine]].<ref>Hutton, Robert (ed.), ''The .223'', Guns & Ammo Annual Edition, 1971</ref>
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...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
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...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
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...& 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
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...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 (
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...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.
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...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
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...]n [[RPK]] light machine gun and the [[United States|American]] [[Thompson submachine gun]].
...y mounted on top of the firearm. This type is used on the [[American-180]] submachine gun, the [[Lewis Gun]], and the [[Degtyarev light machine gun]].
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...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.
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# Machine guns - this includes any firearm which can fire more than 1 cartridge per trigge
...tion and taxation. Examples include smoothbore pistols, pen guns and cane guns, short-barreled weapons with both rifled and smooth bores, etc.
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...ns led the U.S. arms business in [[target shooting|target]] and small game guns. Stevens military productions and offerings were generally limited to proto
...ries''. Ian D Skennerton. ISBN 978-0-949749-15-4.</ref> and the [[Thompson submachine gun]]. During the Second World War, Savage produced the [[Browning Automati
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...y other self-loading design without an external power supply<!--DAre chain guns called self-loading? If not, the previous 5 words can be delted. Delete thi
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...897647/pg_1 .38-44 HV: The Original Magnum - revolver round] Chuck Taylor; Guns Magazine, May, 2000</ref>
...has been significant improvement in metallurgy and quality since the first guns in those calibers have been made, with the result that higher pressures are
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...Romanian Army used mostly [[PPSh-41]], [[Orita M1941|Oriţa]] [[submachine guns]] and imported AK-47 rifles. With the development of the stamped Type 4 AK
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...dges. The class of weapon as it exists today evolved as a hybrid between a submachine gun and a [[carbine]], retaining the compact size and ammunition capacity o
...[[Patrick Sweeney|Sweeney, Patrick]]: ''The Complete World Encyclopedia of Guns'', page 90. Anness Publishing Ltd, 2008.</ref> Many soldiers would benefit
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