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The MP 40/I (sometimes erroneously called MP 40/II) was a modified version of the standard MP 40 with a dual side-by-side magazine holder (for a theoretical ammunition total of 64 rounds), designed for special operations troops on the Eastern Front to compensate for the Soviet PPSh-41's larger magazine capacity. However, the design proved ...
Submachine Gun United Kingdom [65] M3.45 ACP: Submachine Gun United States: Regular and suppressed versions. [26] MP-40: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun Nazi Germany [66] Carl Gustaf m/45: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun Sweden: Some examples stolen from the Irish Army. [14] United Defense M42: 9×19mm Parabellum: Submachine Gun United States
Brigadier General John T. Thompson, who spent most of his career in the ordnance department of the U.S. Army, was the original inventor and developer of the Thompson submachine gun. He envisioned it as being a fully automatic rifle in order to replace the bolt-action service rifles then in use (such as the American M1903 Springfield ).
Thompson submachine gun (1938–1971 in USA) – Family of submachine guns designed in 1910 and onwards, The Thompson is a famous submachine gun commonly associated with American gangsters; M3 submachine gun (1943–present) – A cheaper and lighter alternative to the Thompson submachine gun
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-").
Thompson submachine gun [290] – including Vietnamese copies [234] MP 40 [306] Provided by the Soviet Union as a military aid. Smith and Wesson M76 submachine gun - captured from US forces [294] MAS-38 submachine gun – Captured from the French in the Indochina War. [307] PM-63 submachine gun – Used by tank crews [308]
The M3 became the main submachine gun over the Thompson for the U.S. and South Korean forces during the Korean War, because the Communists used the Thompson submachine gun, which the U.S. donated during World War II, as one of their main weapons during the war. [24] The M3 and M3A1 were largely withdrawn from U.S. frontline service beginning in ...
Submachine guns were for much of their life designed with open bolts such as the Thompson submachine gun, MP-40 and the Uzi, mainly for the simplicity and economical advantages, and their rates of fire and close-range nature mitigated the reduced accuracy of the design.