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Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Produced Type Agram 2000: Agram: 9×19mm Parabellum Croatia: 1990-Present SMG American-180: Illinois Arms Company .22 Long Rifle.22 Short Magnum United States: 1960s SMG Amogh carbine: Ordnance Factory Board: 5.56×30mm MINSAS India: 2008-present PDW AR-57: AR57 LLC FN 5.7×28mm United States: 2008 PDW ...
A Mini Uzi and a Heckler & Koch MP5K, two common submachine guns. A 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, [1] to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-").
This is a list of small arms—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, and anti-tank rifles—that includes variants.
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Thompson submachine gun (France ordered 3000 Thompsons due to shortages of SMGs during invasion. Used by French Liberation Army) [180] [177] [176] [181] MP 18 (Some were in inventory in 1939. Limited use) [46] Suomi K/P-31 (150 SMGs seized from surrendering Republicans after the Spanish civil war) [182] Sten submachine gun (British aid)
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2nd gen SMGs have pistol grips and folding stocks MP-40 and Grease Gun (STEN guns are also called 2nd SMGs) 3rd gen SMGs have telescoping bolts and mag-wells in the pistol grip like the UZI and MAC 10 (Beretta Model 12s are also called 3rd gen SMGs) 4th gen SMGs are based on assault rifles designs like the MP5 and Colt 9mm SMG.
The Villar Perosa is often technically regarded as the first submachine gun. [1] The Villar Perosa was somewhat odd, and had sort of a heavy double automatic pistol configuration, with two 25-round box magazines feeding each barrel and a rate of fire in excess of 1000 rounds per minute.