Machine pistol
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A machine pistol is an autoloading pistol capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun-style submachine guns.
Soviet Stechkin APS and suppressed APB select-fire machine pistols, introduced into Soviet service in 1951
Steyr "Repetierpistole M1912/P16", one of the world's first machine pistols
Stechkin APS machine pistol
Czechoslovak Škorpion vz. 61
Pistol
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A pistol is a type of handgun, characterized by a barrel with an integral chamber. The word "pistol" is derived from the Middle French pistolet, meaning a small gun or knife, and first appeared in the English language c. 1570 when early handguns were produced in Europe. In colloquial usage, the word "pistol" is often used as a generic term to describe any type of handgun, inclusive of revolvers and the pocket-sized derringers.
A government-issue M1911 pistol manufactured in 1914
Soviet TT pistol manufactured in 1937
European hand cannon (Germany, about 1475)
French Navy pistol model 1837