List of submachine guns
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This is a list of submachine guns with articles available on Wikipedia. Because the exact definition of a submachine gun can vary much from source to source it includes assault rifles chambered for submachine gun or pistol cartridges, some machine pistols, and personal defense weapons (PDWs), all of which are sometimes designated as submachine guns.
Traditional
Using pistol cartridges.
PDW
PDWs use intermediate cartridges that are between pistol and rifle cartridges.
- Heckler & Koch MP7
- CBJ MS
- FN P90
- Tkachev AO-46
- Knight's Armament Company PDW
- Hezi SM-1
- Colt MARS
- Parker Hale PDW
- Heckler & Koch MP5-K PDW
(the last two guns fire 9mm rounds meaning they are not true PDW)
Battle Carbine, Compact Carbine, Subcarbine, Assault carbine
Shortened assault rifles are sometimes designated as submachine guns due to their length.
- AKSU-74
- Colt Commando
- Cristobal
- Galil Short
- G36C
- HK53
- HK416
- L22A1
- Tavor 21-C
- XM8 Compact Carbine
- K-1A
See also
Bibliography
- The German Submachine Guns (downloadable) by Lyndon Haywood (H&L Publishing - HLebooks.com - 2001)