submachine guns
Handheld automatic firearms
Submachine guns is the plural of submachine gun, a lightweight automatic weapon that fires pistol-caliber ammunition.
Developed for close-quarters combat, submachine guns are smaller than rifles but larger than handguns, capable of fully automatic fire: The bank robbers carried submachine guns.
The Thompson submachine gun—the "Tommy gun"—became iconic in 1920s gangster lore.
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