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A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun -style submachine guns. [1] The Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16, during World War I.
This page details those compact firearms categorized as machine pistols in modern-speak.
Chambered for the extremely light recoiling .32 ACP cartridge, the Skorpion is a direct blowback, closed-bolt machine pistol. It has an over-folding wire stock and feeds from 10 and 20 round magazines and fires at a rate of about 850 rounds per minute in full auto.
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Machine pistols have mostly fallen by the wayside in a world full of ultra-compact PDWs offering more firepower with little bulk. But it is fascinating to experience their overwhelming rate of fire firsthand.
Machine pistols, on the other hand, are full-auto guns firing pistol cartridges and having fairly concealable characteristics. More often than not, they do not have stocks or other...
The SIG MPX SBR firing system is a 9mm submachine gun series of short barrel rifles and pistol caliber carbines; a new level of adaptability and proven reliability.