Both the OVP 1918 and the Beretta 1918 had a traditional wooden stock, a 25-round top-fed box magazine, and had a cyclic rate of fire of 900 rounds per minute. This odd design was then modified into the OVP 1918 carbine-type submachine gun, which then evolved into the 9×19mm Parabellum Beretta Model 1918 after the end of World War I. It fired pistol-caliber 9mm Glisenti ammunition, but was not a true submachine gun, as it was originally designed as a mounted weapon. In 1915, the Kingdom of Italy introduced the Villar-Perosa aircraft machine gun. Their improved firepower (800-1000RPM) and portability offered an advantage in trench warfare, where most troops were issued bolt-action rifles, such as the Gewehr 98 or Lee–Enfield.
Carbine-type automatic weapons firing pistol rounds were developed during the latter stages of World War I by Italy, Germany and the United States. The Germans also experimented with machine pistols by converting pistols such as the Mauser C96 and Luger P-08 from semi-automatic to fully automatic operation and adding detachable stocks. Ī Standschütze Hellriegel M1915, the first machine pistol, seen here with stick and drum magazinesĭuring World War I, Austria-Hungary introduced the world's first machine pistol: the Steyr Repetierpistole M1912/P16, and in addition, the Standschütze Hellriegel M1915 although it never saw use in combat. However, submachine guns are still used by military special forces and police tactical units for close-quarters combat because they are "a pistol-caliber weapon that's easy to control, and less likely to overpenetrate the target". Today, submachine guns have been largely replaced by assault rifles, which have a longer effective range and are capable of penetrating the helmets and body armor used by modern infantry. However, by the 1980s and 1990s, SMG usage decreased. After the war, new SMG designs appeared frequently.
At its peak during World War II (1939–1945), millions of SMGs were made for use by regular troops, clandestine commandos, and partisans alike. The submachine gun was developed during World War I (1914–1918) as a close quarter offensive weapon, mainly for trench raiding. As a machine gun must fire rifle cartridges to be classified as such, submachine guns are not considered machine guns. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix " sub-"). The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. A Heckler & Koch MP5, a common submachine gun, chambered in 9×19mm ParabellumĪ submachine gun ( SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.
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