Submachine guns were originally about the size of carbines.

Submachine guns are hand-held small portable automatic weapons for personal defense or short-range combat firing pistol-caliber rounds.

Submachine guns rose to prominence as a front line close-quarters combat weapon and commando firearm during World War II.

Submachine guns are highly effective in close quarters ; their lower-powered pistol cartridges make them generally more controllable in fully automatic fire compared to assault rifles, while their small size and light weight grant maneuverability.

Submachine guns lend themselves to moderation with suppressors, particularly so in cases where the weapon is loaded with subsonic ammunition.

Submachine guns are used by special forces and counter-terrorist units operating in urban environments or cramped interior areas, and as defense weapons for air crews, combat vehicle crews, and naval personnel.

Submachine guns may be owned by civilians as collectors item or by a simple sport shooting license.

Submachine guns may only be owned by licensed collectors, but cannot be fired in full-automatic mode.

Submachine guns produced after 1986, or not registered before the deadline, can be owned by law enforcement, security agencies, and holders of appropriate FFLs, such as a class 2 or 3 FFL, though those with an FFL do not technically own their weapon ; it is a demo weapon that they must relinquish after surrendering their license.

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Submachine guns are fully automatic weapons that fire a handgun cartridge and can be operated by one person.

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He was dressed in combat fatigues and armed with two C-1 Submachine guns and a Inglis pistol.

The Fighting Submachine Gun, Machine Pistol, and Shotgun.

* Submachine gun: Mod. PM 12 S2

The Thompson Submachine Gun.

The Thompson Submachine Gun.

American Thunder: The Military Thompson Submachine Gun.

American Thunder II: The Military Thompson Submachine Gun.

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24 and Karabiner 98k bolt action rifles. In The Calculus Affair, Bordurian soldiers and agents were armed with Italian Beretta Model 38 Submachine Guns.

In 1967 Smith & Wesson produced a 9mm Submachine gun, hoping to capitalize on US sales of the Israeli Uzi and HK MP5.

Because all of them were made prior to 1986, many of them made it into civilian hands in the USA and are commonly used in Submachine gun competition.

Qualification bars are authorized for the following weapons ( listed with exact inscription ): Rifle, Pistol, AA Artillery, Auto Rifle, Machinegun, Field Artillery, Tank Weapons, Flamethrower, Submachine Gun, Rocket Launcher, Grenade, Carbine, Recoilless Rifle, Mortar, Bayonet, Small Bore Rifle, Small Bore Pistol, Missile, and Aeroweapons.

* 1920-Perfected in this year, the Thompson Submachine gun, or the " Tommy Gun ," became the weapon of choice for at least some Chicago mobster gangs.

The Pistolet Mitrailleur MAS modèle 38 ( MAS Model 38 Submachine Gun ) was developed from the experimental MAS-35, itself derived from the STA 1922 and the MAS 1924 both in 9 mm produced immediately after World War I.

* Evelyn Owen Crescent-Evelyn Ernest Owen ( 15 May 1915 – 1 April 1949 ) was an Australian who developed the Owen Submachine Gun which was used in World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Common ways of applying an adhesive include brushes, rollers, using films or pellets, spray guns and applicator guns ( e. g., caulk gun ).

Machine guns are often mounted on vehicles or helicopters, and have been used since World War I as offensive firearms in fighter aircraft and tanks ( e. g. for air combat or suppressing fire for ground troop support ).

* Category C-Weapons requiring registration: Break action guns and all repeating rifles ( i. e. bolt -, lever-or pump action ).

Gunpowder was invented, documented, and used in China where the Chinese military forces used gunpowder-based weapons technology ( i. e. rockets, guns, cannon ) and explosives ( i. e. grenades and different types of bombs ) against the Mongols when the Mongols attempted to invade and breach the Chinese city fortifications on the northern borders of China.

Although observing redshifts and blueshifts have several terrestrial applications ( e. g., Doppler radar and radar guns ), redshifts are most famously seen in the spectroscopic observations of astronomical objects.

* Technology that is futuristic ( e. g., ray guns, teleportation machines, humanoid computers ).

The description is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, battle rifles, multiple barrel firearms, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light machine guns ( e. g. M60 ), and sometimes hand grenades.

MTF uses " plasma guns " ( i. e. electromagnetic acceleration techniques ) instead of powerful lasers, leading to low cost and low weight compact reactors.

For example, an anti-inflation campaign by the central bank is more effective if it is seen as " credible ," i. e., if it convinces people that it will " stick to its guns.

The charge for heavy guns i. e. above 6 inches ( 150 mm ), is made up in separate cartridges containing half or quarter charges, both for convenience of handling, and to allow a reduced charge to be used.

In the 17th century fleets could consist of almost a hundred ships of various sizes, but by the middle of the 18th century, ship-of-the-line design had settled on a few standard types: older two-deckers ( i. e., with two complete decks of guns firing through side ports ) of 50 guns ( which were too weak for the battle line but could be used to escort convoys ), two-deckers of between 64 and 90 guns that formed the main part of the fleet, and larger three-or even four-deckers with 98 to 140 guns that served as admirals ' command ships.

The distinction being that true PCP guns are an integrated high pressure design while an HPA application is an adaptation of a high pressure, regulated air supply to function with components not designed for high pressure — e. g. CO < sub > 2 </ sub > guns.

Most CO < sub > 2 </ sub > guns ( e. g. Beretta Elite II ) use a disposable cylinder, a powerlet, that is purchased often pre-filled with 12 grams of pressurized carbon dioxide, although some, usually more expensive models, use larger refillable CO < sub > 2 </ sub > reservoirs like those typically used with paintball markers.

Most modern systems are usually either self-propelled ( i. e. guns or missiles are mounted on a truck or tracked chassis ) or easily towed.

In some contexts, e. g. guns aboard a warship, " caliber " is used to describe the barrel length as multiples of the bore diameter.