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Bookmark or Share- Submachine gun - WikipediaA submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-").
- The Evolution Of The Submachine Gun | Weapons That Changed ... - YouTubeThey are some of the most iconic and recognizable weapons in the world - the Tommy Gun, the Uzi and the Schmeisser. Host Wil Willis explores the evolution of...
- From the Submachine Gun to the Assault Rifle: Their History ...The submachine gun was largely replaced worldwide militarily by the modern assault rifle. The best known of these were Mikhail Kalashnikov's (1919-2013) AK-47 assault rifle and its derivatives and copies, and the American M16 and its derivatives.
- UMP40 - Heckler & KochAvailable in a variety of select-fire submachine gun configurations or as a semi-automatic only carbine, the HK UMP (Universal Machine Pistol) was designed with American law enforcement and military units in mind, as it includes a bolt catch feature to hold the bolt rearward when last round is fired.
- A Brief History of the Submachine Gun—1915 to TodayWikipedia defines a submachine gun as: “a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to shoot handgun cartridges.” The term submachine gun was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun. In modern parlance, they’re frequently referred to as “subguns.”
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