Sub-machine gun

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A lightweight automatic gun that shoots pistol ammunition, is usually fired from the shoulder or hip, and often has the capacity for shooting single rounds.

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Noun

submachine gun - machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm

Bren, Bren gun - a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II

burp gun, machine pistol - a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun

Kalashnikov - a type of submachine gun made in Russia

light machine gun - a submachine gun not greater than .30 millimeter

machine gun - a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)

Sten gun - a lightweight British submachine gun

Thompson submachine gun, Tommy gun - a .45-caliber submachine gun

Uzi - a type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel; "the Uzi is used throughout the world as a police and special forces firearm"

Translations

submachine gun [ˈsʌbməˈʃiːngʌn] N → ametralladora f, pistola f ametralladora, metralleta f

submachine gun

n → Maschinenpistole f

submachine gun [ˌsʌbməˈʃiːnˌgʌn] n → mitra m inv

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box magazine
Bren
Bren gun
burp gun
drum magazine
grease gun
Kalashnikov
light machine gun
machine gun
machine pistol
pistol grip
Schmeisser
sten gun
subliminal
Thompson submachine gun
Tommy gun
Uzi

Paul Mullen, defending, said Gornall's DNA had only been on the trigger and barrel of the sub-machine gun because he had handled it "out of curiosity".

Machine gun minder jailed by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Byline: By Dale Williams THIS terrifying 'Uzi-style' sub-machine gun was part of a terrifying arsenal seized by police in a raid on Midland house.

Machine gun is seized in police raid by Birmingham Mail (England)

The men were caught when police stormed a disused Spar store in Monkstown, Co Antrim, three years ago and found weapons - including an Uzi sub-machine gun - and terrorist paraphernalia.

SIX ADMIT UVF RAPS by The Mirror (London, England)

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Sub-Human Primate Tube
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