Submachine gun
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A submachine gun or sub-gun 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 g
A Mini Uzi and a Heckler & Koch MP5K, two common submachine guns
Artillery Luger P08 pistol with snail-drum magazine and removable stock.
A Standschütze Hellriegel M1915, the first submachine gun with a buttstock, seen here with stick and drum magazines
A Bergmann MP 18, the first mass-produced submachine gun to see extensive use in an assault role
Heckler & Koch MP5
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The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It uses a similar modular design to the Heckler & Koch G3, and has over 100 variants a
Submachine gun
…SMGs as "machine carbines". Other sources refer to SMGs as "machine pistols" because they fire pistol-caliber ammunition, for example, the MP-40 and MP5, where "MP" stands for Maschinenpistole ("machine pistol" in German, but cognate with the English term "submachine gun"). However, the term "machine…
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
HK MP5 markings on the firearm
A view through the MP5's iron sights
An MP5A2 with an aftermarket "dedicated forend" tactical light-equipped handguard. Also note the fixed stock and jungle style magazines.