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... The earliest shotguns specifically designed for combat were the '''trench guns''' or '''trench shotguns''' issued in World War I. While limited in range, ...e shotguns proved effective enough to elicit a diplomatic protest from the German government, claiming the shotguns caused excessive injury, and that any tro

... A large number of these weapons were produced for the [[West Germany|West German]] Border Police, and was later licensed to be produced by [[Anschütz]] and [[Category:Submachine guns]]

...[[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

...weapon designs of [[World War II]],<ref name="Senich">Senich, Peter: ''The German Assault Rifle: 1935–1945'', page 239. Paladin Press, 1987.</ref><ref name ...kreich, Fallschirmjäger mit FJG 42 in Stellung.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Germany|German]] ''Fallschirmjäger'' poses with his early model FG 42 (''Ausführung'' "C

...wer [[rifle]] [[cartridge]]. In the West, FAL's primary competitor was the German [[Heckler & Koch G3]]. ... locally by [[Steyr Mannlicher]], the Stg. 58 was outwardly similar to the German G1, among others, featuring the same slimmer horizontally-ribbed handguard,

...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

*'''Simple blowback''' - [[MP 18]], [[MP 40]], [[Uzi submachine gun]], [[Walther PPK]] *'''Blish Lock''' - early [[Thompson submachine gun]]s

...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 )

...or pipe, referring to the shape of a Hussite [[firearm]]), via Middle High German ''pischulle'' and Middle French ''pistole''. * From the city of Pistoia, Italy, where hand-held guns (designed to be fired from horseback) were first produced in the 1540s.<ref

...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

|type= [[Submachine gun]] ...developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the [[West Germany|West German]] arms manufacturer [[Heckler & Koch|Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K)]] of Oberndo

...tion]] [[rifle]] adopted as the standard [[infantry rifle]] in 1935 by the German ''Wehrmacht'',<ref name="mausershooters" /> and was one of the final develo ...ced and used as the standard infantry rifle by the German forces until the German surrender in May 1945.

...ke the Bergmann MP 18.1 that appears on many pictures and is cited in both German or Allied reports. ...explains the reputation of unreliability of these first Beretta submachine guns.

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

...ring World War II, and the type was produced for Luftwaffe aircrews during German occupation of Belgium from 1940-1944. This pistol is what was used to init ...ns prior to World War II, and which was produced during the occupation for German forces. Additionally led to Canadian production for the Allies. The HP co

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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 ...er to manufacture alternative to the existing [[FN FAL]], although the two guns are not directly related. The CAL never met with any significant interest

...al AWM#German Army|G22]] (UK - Bolt Action Rifle - .300 Winchester Magnum: German Service Weapon) *[[Beretta|Beretta Machine Guns]]

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

|caption= P08 of the German ''Reichsmarine'' R.A.Smith collection |origin= [[German Empire]]

...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

|known_for = Inventor of the [[Uzi submachine gun]] |nationality = German, Israeli

|origin= [[German Empire]] ... cartridge. The 9 mm Parabellum is commonly used in [[Handgun|pistols]], [[submachine gun]]s and [[carbine]]s.

...M1911 Colt pistol|M1911A1]] [[.45 ACP]] caliber handgun and .45 [[Thompson submachine gun]]. The weapon was originally issued with a straight 15-round detachable ...e effect began to surface, and like the [[.45 ACP]] used in the [[Thompson submachine gun]] and [[M1911 Colt pistol]], some troops found the .30 Carbine cartridg

...are coming! The Russians are coming! Or maybe the Polish by Holt Bodinson, Guns Magazine / Sept, 2008]</ref> ... to amputate.<ref>The Gun Digest Book of the AK & SKS: A Complete Guide to Guns, Gear and Ammunition. By Patrick Sweeney. Gun Digest Books, 2009. page 104-

|image= German 7.92x33mm Kurz.jpg |caption= German 7.92x33mm Kurz cartridge

...s firefights. As a result, armies sought a cartridge and rifle combining [[submachine gun]] features (large-capacity magazine, selective-fire) with an intermedia ...tion along with designs by A.A Demetev and F. Bulkin. In late 1946, as the guns were being tested, one of Kalashnikov's assistants, Aleksandr Zaytsev, sugg

...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 The term ''assault rifle'' is a translation of the [[German]] word ''Sturmgewehr'' (literally meaning "storm rifle"), "storm" used as a

...ly, the Germans seized Beretta and continued producing arms until the 1945 German surrender in Italy. In that time, the exterior finish of the weapons was mu ...guns, hunting [[rifles]], express rifles, [[assault rifles]], [[submachine guns]], lever bolt-action rifles, single-action [[revolvers]], double-action rev

... found on semi-automatic small-caliber [[Handgun|pistol]]s and automatic [[submachine gun]]s. Some low-velocity [[cannon]] or grenade launchers such as the [[Mk ...odern examples are the [[Heckler & Koch]] [[HK G3|G3 rifle]], [[HK MP5|MP5 submachine gun]], and [[Heckler & Koch P9|P9 pistol]] as well as the [[SIG SG 510|Stur

...ding line was chosen, apparently, to exempt almost all air, gas and spring guns. The government's experts refused to consider the NFA's repeated submissi ...plastic for lead. Using the lightweight pellets, many air, gas and spring guns began to routinely exceed the limiting muzzle velocity. That, in turn, dis

...shorter effective range, while also generally being larger than submachine guns and thus harder to maneuver in close quarters. Like full-sized assault rifl ...ortened to 730 mm (28.75 in.) in 1930, and to 510 mm (20 in.) in 1938; the German [[Mauser]] 98 rifles went from 740 mm (29 in.) in 1898 to 600 mm (23.6 in.)

Most high-powered guns have relatively small bullets moving at high speeds. This is because bullet ...anese Navy 7.7 mm rimed rounds as fired by the Type 92 and Type 97 machine guns - copies of Vickers and Lewis designs. The round is effectively interchange