Submachine gun reference database
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This
will hopefully be a near-complete guide to international submachine guns
from 1914 to 1970. Currently available are:
Austria -
Belgium - Canada - Denmark - France - Finland - Germany - Hungary -
Italy - Japan- Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - United Kingdom - Uruguay
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Australia/NZ
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China
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Egypt
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World War I
SMGs:
Villar Perosa * Hellriegel * Sturm-Pistole * Frommer M.17 * Steyr M.12/P16
* "Steyr 1918"
SMG * From SMG * Revelli
O.V.P. * Ansaldo
Crocetti * A.N. * Cei-Rigotti * MIDA-Savoia * Revelli-Beretta * Dreyse * Schwarzlose * Simson * Walther * Bergmann MP 18,I * MP Senn * SIG MP 1918
Interwar
SMGs:
Furrer
Model 1919 * Netsch * SIG
Model 1920 * Holek "assault pistol" * Kotlas carbine * Tallinn M/23 * S.T.A. Modèle 1924 * Type E.T.V.S. * Tokyo Arsenal Experimental * Beretta Mod.1918/30 * Dineley
machine carbine * Soley Model 2 * Mauser
MP33 * Gollat MX1935 * Pavesi-Revelli * Armaguerra
Mod.35 * Nambu Type 2 * Erma EMP * Biwarip * ZK 383
World War II
SMGs:
Rare
American SMGs of WWII * Marek 3J * Stocks * McLachlan * Kay * F.F. * Kulikowski SPARC * BSA-Andrews * Simpson * Viper * ROFSTEN * BSA
Machine Carbine * SAL
Model 2 * Te-Tar * Halcón Model 1943
Post-War SMGs:
Celmi submachine gun * ROF machine-pistol * Delacre/Vanophem * ZK-466 * Vigneron submachine gun * FN Saive * Repousmetal RAN * Imperia M.I.53 * SOLA Super * SOLA Light * CETME CB-64 * Erquiaga MR-64 * Douglas recoilless * Arsenal Shipka * Nevxet
If I have made any errors, omitted any
data, or anything else, please feel free to get in touch at foreverbreathesthelonelyword@gmail.com.
Austria
The
first Austrian submachine guns appeared during the First World War, in
response to the Italian efforts. In 1916, the Österreichische
Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (OEWG) in Steyr developed selective-fire
conversions of the Repetierpistole M.7
and Selbstladepistole M.12, with
the latter going into limited production for field trials on the Italian
Front. These competed against similar conversions of the Hungarian Frommer
pistol by FEG in Budapest. All work on machine pistols was abandoned in
June 1917 when the K.u.K.
Kriegsministerium decided on the adoption of a copy of the
Italian submachine gun, the Villar Perosa, which was taken into service as
the Sturmpistole M.18. From late
1917 to early 1918, the Kriegsministerium
also collaborated with their German counterparts on the
development of a Schwarzlose submachine gun, but this never came to
fruition due to significant delays.
After
the First World War, Austria-Hungary collapsed and the independent
Austrian state was subject to severe armaments restrictions by the Treaty
of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, essentially stunting any further development of
submachine guns in the country. These restrictions were gradually lifted
by the end of the 1920s and by 1930, the Steyr factory - now financially
controlled by the German Rheinmetall company - was producing a new
submachine gun, known as the Steyr-Solothurn S1-100. This was adopted by
the Austrian police as the MPi 30 and the Army as the MPi 34. When Austria
was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938, the Steyr plant was required to
produce submachine guns for the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, and Waffen-SS.
Initially they were contracted to rechamber Steyr-Solothurn submachine
guns into 9x19mm Parabellum, but eventually all manufacture was switched
over to the standard German service submachine gun, the MP 40. Austria
regained their independence after the Second World War and in the ensuing
decades, although various Austrian submachine gun designs did appear,
generally the only company manufacturing submachine guns in the country
was Steyr-Mannlicher, whose MPi 69 and MPi 81 submachine guns were adopted
by the Austrian Army and also offered for export sale. Steyr-Mannlicher no
longer produces submachine guns.
Maschinengewehr
Hellriegel |
Year:
1915
|
Cartridge:
8x18mm
|
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
20 rounds? |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Mr. Hellriegel,
Franz X. Fuchs? |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Early submachine gun
concept for the Standschützen-Bataillons;
possibly developed from Visini & Fuchs design |
Anschlagpistole
M.12 |
Year:
1916
|
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
16 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
1,200rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft |
Notes:
Selective-fire conversion
of Selbstladepistole M.12
for trials |
Doppelpistole
M.12
|
Year:
1916 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
16 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
2,400rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft |
Notes:
Two Anschlagpistolen
M.12 linked together on a central stock to mimic the
Villar Perosa |
Sturmpistole
M.18
|
Year:
1917 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
21.0in (53cm) |
Weight:
14.3lb (6.5kg) |
Magazine:
25 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
2,400rpm |
Designer(s):
Josef Netsch? |
Manufacturer(s):
Škodovy závody,
Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft |
Notes:
Austrian copy of Italian 'Villar Perosa' submachine gun
chambered in Steyr pistol cartridge |
MP Schwarzlose |
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
80 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Andreas Schwarzlose |
Manufacturer(s):
Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft |
Notes:
German design licensed to ŒWG in 1918 |
Unidentified |
Year:
c.1930? |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
30.7in (78cm) |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Unidentified Austrian prototype, based on M.12 machine
pistol; probably intended for 1930s trials |
 Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 (MPi 30) |
Year:
1930 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
33.5in
(85cm) |
Weight:
8.8lb
(4.0kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds,
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Louis Stange,
Theodor Rakula |
Manufacturer(s):
Steyr-Solothurn A.G.
(Steyr-Daimler-Puch) |
Notes:
German-Swiss design
produced under license in Austria; adopted by Austrian police in
1930 |
 Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 (MPi 34) |
Year:
1934 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
9x23mm,
9x25mm,
.45 ACP |
Length:
33.5in
(85cm) |
Weight:
8.6lb
(3.9kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds,
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Louis Stange,
Theodor Rakula |
Manufacturer(s):
Steyr-Solothurn A.G.
(Steyr-Daimler-Puch) |
Notes:
Modified version of
MPi 30 SMG with redesigned safety and buttstock; adopted by Austrian
Army in 1934 |
Steyr MPi 69 |
Year:
1968 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Hugo Stowasser |
Manufacturer(s):
Steyr-Daimler-Puch |
Notes:
Uzi-type submachine gun with wrap-around bolt and retracting
wire stock |
Belgium
Belgium
in the late 19th and early 20th century was one of the world's most
renowned manufacturers and exporters of small arms, predominantly due to
the efforts of the famous firm of Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre
(FN) in Liege. FN's line of rifles and pistols were always popular but the
company had great difficult tapping into the emerging submachine gun
market in the interwar period; initially they took up the design of one
Karl Heinemann, a German engineer, but this failed to attract any buyers.
During the Second World War, Belgium's arms factories were taken over by
the Germans and the great Belgian designers like Dieudonné Saive fled to
Britain to continue their work. When the war ended, FN was restored to its
former glory and had huge success with their FAL rifle and MAG machine
gun, but no luck with a copy of the Italian Beretta that they attempted to
market in the 1950s. Instead, FN opted to take up production of the
Israeli Uzi submachine gun, which proved successful, while Belgium's army
adopted the Vigneron M2 submachine gun. Since the 1990s, FN has produced a
5.7mm submachine gun known as the P90.
Canada
Like
the rest of the Commonwealth, Canada was largely reliant upon Britain for
arms before the Second World War. When the war broke out, the needs of the
Canadian Army were supplied by Long Branch Arsenal, and they were equipped
with the same weapons as their British counterparts. During the war Small
Arms Ltd. (later absorbed into Canadian Arsenals Ltd.) produced several
experimental weapons for the military, but none of these were ultimately
accepted for service. The post-war Canadian Army was satisfied with the
Sterling SMG and had no desire to develop any new designs.
Revelli
(Villar Perosa) |
Year:
1916
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti
|
Length:
21.0in (53.0cm) |
Weight:
14.3lb (6.5kg)
|
Magazine:
25 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
2,400rpm |
Designer(s):
Bethel-Abiel Revelli |
Manufacturer(s):
Canadian General Electric Co. |
Notes:
Licensed production of Italian Villar Perosa, marketed for
export |
Sten
Mk. II
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in
(76cm) |
Weight:
6.65lb
(3.02kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal (Small Arms Ltd.) |
Notes:
Locally-produced version of the British Sten gun; primary
Canadian SMG of WWII |
Sten
Mk. III
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in
(76cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb
(3.2kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal (Small Arms Ltd.) |
Notes:
As above |
SAL
Model 2 |
Year:
1944
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm
|
Length:
30in (76cm) |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Antoni Roscziszewski,
Fred Keary,
Don Miller |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Small Arms Ltd.) |
Notes:
Modified Sten Mk.II with rotary magazine and two-stage
trigger |
SAL
Model (?)
|
Year:
c.1945?
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Antoni Roscziszewski(?) |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Small Arms Ltd.) |
Notes:
Modified Sten Mk.II with rotary magazine and two-stage
trigger |
SAL
XP-54 |
Year:
1947 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
25.3in (64cm) |
Weight:
7.10lb (3.22kg) |
Magazine:
28 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Antoni Roscziszewski,
Fred Keary,
Don Miller |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Small Arms Ltd.) |
Notes:
Magazine inserted horizontally under length of the receiver |
NAACO
Borealis |
Year:
1948 |
Cartridge:
.45 NAACO |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
20 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Russell Sutherland
Robert Herman |
Manufacturer(s):
North American Arms Corporation |
Notes:
Full-auto conversion of NAACO Brigadier pistol with extended
barrel and buttstock |
Sterling
L2A4 |
Year:
1954
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.0in (71cm)
|
Weight:
6.0lb (2.7kg)
|
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm
|
Designers(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Canadian Arsenals Ltd.) |
Notes:
Modified Sterling Mk. IV with spike bayonet; built as a
prototype only |
C1 |
Year:
1958 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.0in (69cm) |
Weight:
6.5lb (2.9kg)
|
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm
|
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Canadian Arsenals Ltd.) |
Notes:
Licensed copy of the Sterling Mk. IV, adopted by the Canadian
Army in 1958 |
RCAF Sten |
Year:
1964 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Long Branch Arsenal
(Canadian Arsenals Ltd.) |
Notes:
Modified Sten Mk. II with spike bayonet and foregrip;
intended for issue to Royal Canadian Air Force |
Douglas
Recoilless |
Year:
1969 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
Clifford N. Douglas |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Bullpup SMG with bolt-operated magazine feed and helical
magazine |
Denmark
Although a largely peaceful nation in the 20th century, Denmark maintained an
arms industry that both supplied its own military and exported
internationally. The first submachine gun produced in Denmark was a
German design by Theodore Emil Bergmann, who contracted the firm of
Schultz & Larsen in 1932 to produce his gun. It was adopted by the
Danish Army and also sold to their neighbor Sweden. Licensed
production of the Finnish Suomi submachine gun at the Dansk Industri
Syndikat (DISA) was undertaken during the Second World War, as well as
the covert manufacture of Sten guns by anti-German resistance groups.
After the war, the Danish Industry Syndicate began producing a line of
new submachine guns offered in various models. The Model 50 was a
relative success, but faced stiff competition from the Swedish Carl
Gustaf SMG.
Bergmann
BMP 32
|
Year:
1932
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm
|
Length:
37.6in (95.5cm) |
Weight:
8.9lb (4.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
Theodore E. Bergmann, Mr. Muler |
Manufacturer(s):
Schultz & Larsen A.G. |
Notes:
Designed in
Germany and produced in Denmark under license |
Bergmann
MP 35/I |
Year:
1935 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.6in (95.5cm) |
Weight:
8.9lb (4.0kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
Theodore E. Bergmann, Mr. Muler |
Manufacturer(s):
Junker & Ruh A.G. |
Notes:
Improved version of Bergmann BMP |
Lettet-Forsøgs Maskinpistol
|
Year:
1939 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Carl J.V. Berg |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A (Probably DISA) |
Notes:
Lightened experimental variant of Finnish Suomi KP/31 SMG |
Madsen m/41
|
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
34.25in (87.0cm) |
Weight:
10.3lb (4.7kg)
|
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Danish licensed variant of the Finnish Suomi KP/31 SMG;
also known as Model P2 |
Maskinpistol Bang |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Søren Bang
|
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Gas-operated experimental model
|
"Baby-Gun" |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Borgerlige Partisaner |
Notes:
Craft-made submachine gun produced by BOPA partisan
group |
Madsen m/45 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in
(80.1cm) |
Weight:
7.1lb
(3.2kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
850rpm |
Designer(s):
Marius Gunnergaard-Poulsen |
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Also known as P16; fixed stock model also produced, known
as P13 |
Madsen
m/46 |
Year:
1946 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
|
Weight:
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Erik Saetter |
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Stamped steel "clamshell" receiver that hinges open |
Hovea m/49 |
Year:
1949 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.8in (81cm) |
Weight:
7.4lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Haerens Vapenarsenalet |
Notes:
Originally a Swedish design, produced in Denmark under
license |
Madsen
m/50 |
Year:
1950 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.25in (79.3cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb (3.1kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Erik Saetter |
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Improved version of Model 46 |
 Madsen
m/53 |
Year:
1952 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb (3.1kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Erik Saetter |
Manufacturer(s):
Dansk Industri Syndikat A.S. |
Notes:
Improved version of Model 50 |
France
Plans
to introduce an SMG into French military service were not conceived until
after World War I, with the development of the STA Mle 24 submachine gun
in the mid-1920s. Although a promising weapon, it was cancelled after only
a limited production span and the project fell through. It was not until
the late 1930s that the French adopted an SMG proper, which came in the
form of the unusual MAS Mle 38. This was chambered for a proprietary
7.65mm cartridge which was widely felt to be underpowered and ineffective
in comparison to the more popular 9x19mm round. By the time the Germans
invaded in 1940, not enough of these guns had been produced or issued and
the French Army was essentially without an SMG.
After
the war, the French decided to adopt the 9x19mm cartridge like the rest of
Europe and desired a new, domestically-made submachine gun. Three state
factories were called upon to design these, and in the end it was the
entrant from Tulle that won out. This gun, the MAT-49, was the standard
French SMG until their adoption of the FAMAS assault rifle in the late
1970s.
Finland
Formerly part of the Russian Empire, Finland
gained its independence in 1917 and was immedietly beset by both domestic
struggles and the threat of invasion by the Soviets. As such, it built up
its own military and arms industry. Finland was an early adopter of the
submachine gun, importing and producing SIG-Bergmann SMGs in the 1920s. In
1931 the Finnish Defence Forces decided to adopt a domestic design by the
talented engineer Aimo Lahti. This submachine gun, known as the "Suomi",
was highly reputable and saw extensive use during the Winter War of 1939,
where captured examples were studied by Soviet engineers.
The Suomi SMG remained in use during the
Continuation War against the Soviet Union, but proved too expensive for
Finland's struggling industrial base, so a cheap copy of the Russian
PPS-42 SMG was introduced instead. After World War II, the Suomi remained
in service, but by the time assault rifles were introduced to the Finnish
Army, production of submachine guns ceased. In the 1990s, a
Finnish-designed SMG known as the Jati-Matic briefly appeared, but was
never made in great numbers.
SIG-Bergmann |
Year:
1922
|
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm
|
Length:
32in (81.2cm) |
Weight:
9.0lb (4.0kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser,
Gotthard End
|
Manufacturer(s):
Lindelof Konetehdas
|
Notes:
Local copy of SIG-Bergmann M1920
|
Lahti Model 1922 |
Year:
1922 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Featured quick-change barrel; built as a prototype only |
Lahti
Model 1924
|
Year:
1924 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Built with dual magazine feed |
 Lahti
Model 1926 |
Year:
1926 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
36.5in (93cm) |
Weight:
9.75lb (4.42kg)
|
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Only produced in limited numbers |
Suomi KP Model 1931 |
Year:
1932 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
34.25in (87cm)
|
Weight:
10.3lb (4.7kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Standard Finnish SMG of World War II |
Suomi Model 1934
|
Year:
1934 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
10.0lb (4.7kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Top-loading SMG designed for commercial export |
Lahti AL43 |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
7.62x35mm |
Length:
39in (99cm)
|
Weight:
12lb (5.6kg) |
Magazine:
56 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Valtion Kivaaritehdas |
Notes:
Chambered for intermediate cartridges; technically an assault
rifle but contemporaneously considered an SMG |
KP Model 1944 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.71in (83.1cm) |
Weight:
6.2lb (2.8kg)
|
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
Willi Daugs |
Manufacturer(s):
Tikkakoski Oy |
Notes:
Copy of Russian PPS-43 SMG, modified to feed from Suomi
magazines |
Pelo
|
Year:
1956 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
15.40in (39.1cm) |
Weight:
5.60lb (2.54kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Carl Pelo |
Manufacturer(s):
SAKO |
Notes:
Fed by fixed box magazine loaded with 30-round clips |
Germany
Bergmann MP18.I |
Year:
1918
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm
|
Length:
32.1 in (82 cm) |
Weight:
9.2 lb (4.2 kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser
|
Manufacturer(s):
Theodor Bergmann GmbH
|
Notes:
Adopted and fielded by the German Army in World War I
|
Walther
|
Year:
c.1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Fritz Walther |
Manufacturer(s):
Carl Walther GmbH |
Notes:
Experimental SMG fed by Lewis-type flat pan magazine |
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AVAILABLE
Simson |
Year:
c.1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Simson & Co. Waffenfabrik |
Notes:
Converted from Gewehr 98 rifle |
Schwarzlose
|
Year:
c.1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
80 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Andreas Schwarzlose
|
Manufacturer(s):
Andreas Schwarzlose GmbH |
Notes:
Fed by staggered 80-round box consisting of eight 10-round
clips |
Rheinmetall MP19 |
Year:
1919 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s);
Louis Stange |
Manufacturer(s):
Rheinmetall |
Notes:
Developed into the later Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 submachine
gun |
VMP
|
Year:
1925
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.43in (95.1cm)
|
Weight:
9.92lb (4.5kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm
|
Designers(s):
Heinrich Vollmer |
Manufacturer(s):
Will & Kohler GmbH |
Notes:
Precursor to the later EMP submachine gun |
Haenel MP28.II
|
Year:
1928 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
.45 ACP |
Length:
32.0in (81cm)
|
Weight:
8.8lb (4.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser |
Manufacturer(s):
C.G. Haenel GmbH |
Notes:
Improved version of Bergmann MP18.I submachine gun with fire
selector |
Heinemann MP32 |
Year:
1932 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Karl Heinemann |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Utilized toggle-lock action; production rights later sold to
FN Herstal |
Mauser MP33
|
Year:
1933 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
33.0in (84cm)
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH
|
Notes:
Possibly also offered in 9x19mm and 7.63x25mm |
EMP
|
Year:
1934 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.4in (95cm) |
Weight:
9.2lb (4.2kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
Heinrich Vollmer,
Berthold Geipel |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke
|
Notes:
Developed from earlier VMP submachine gun; supplied to Spain
in large numbers |
BMP
|
Year:
1934 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.6in (96cm)
|
Weight:
8.9lb (4.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
Theodore E. Bergmann,
Herr Muler |
Manufacturer(s):
Carl Walther GmbH,
Junker & Ruh A.G. |
Notes:
Magazine feed located on right side of receiver; adopted by
Waffen-SS during World War II |
Schmeisser
MK36.III
|
Year:
1936 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
44.5in (113cm)
|
Weight:
10.5lb (4.8kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
400rpm
|
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser
|
Manufacturer(s):
C.G. Haenel GmbH |
Notes:
SMG disguised in a rifle stock; built as a prototype only |
EMP 36
|
Year:
1936 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Heinrich Vollmer, Berthold Geipel |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Precursor of later MP38 SMG
|
Erma
MP38
|
Year:
1938 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.8in (83cm) |
Weight:
9.0 (4.1kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Heinrich Vollmer |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Compact, steel-built SMG intended for parachutists; adopted
by Wehrmacht in 1938 |
Erma
MP40
|
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.8in (83cm) |
Weight:
8.9lb (4.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Heinrich Vollmer |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Detail improvement of MP38 SMG; standard German SMG of WWII |
Haenel
MP41
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
34.0in (86cm)
|
Weight:
8.2lb (3.7kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser |
Manufacturer(s):
C.G. Haenel GmbH |
Notes:
"Hybrid" model combining features of MP28.II and MP40 SMGs;
adopted by Waffen-SS during WWII
|
FMP-1 |
Year:
c.1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
24.0in (61cm)
|
Weight:
7.39lb (3.35kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Remotely-controlled turret gun derived from MP28.II action |
EMP
44
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.4in (72.0cm)
|
Weight:
8.0lb (3.6kg)
|
Magazine:
x2 32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Very basic SMG with dual magazine feed; only limited numbers
made |
Gerat
Potsdam
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30.0in (76cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin, Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH |
Notes:
Straight copy of British Sten SMG |
MP3008
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.3in (80cm)
|
Weight:
6.5lb (2.9kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH,
Blohm & Voss,
various others |
Notes:
Copy of British Sten SMG with minor modifications |
|
Year:
c.1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
1000rpm |
Designer(s):
August Coenders
|
Manufacturer(s):
N/A (Possibly Brno) |
Notes:
Belt-fed SMG; built as a prototype only |
Dux |
Year:
1951 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.5in (83cm)
|
Weight:
7.7lb (3.5kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
Willi Daugs,
Ludwig Vorgrimmler |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH,
Sauer & Sohn,
J.G. Anshutz |
Notes:
Copy of Finnish KP/44 SMG |
MGD PM-9
|
Year:
1954 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
25.5in (65cm)
|
Weight:
5.6lb (2.5kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
32 rounds |
Designer(s):
Louis Bonnet de Camille |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
French-designed SMG sold to Erma in the mid-1950s |
Erma
MP56 |
Year:
1956 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.0in (69cm)
|
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm
|
Designer(s):
Louis Bonnet de Camille |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
French-designed SMG sold to Erma |
Mauser
MP57 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
24.0in (61cm)
|
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Louis Bonnet de Camille |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH |
Notes:
French-designed SMG sold to Mauser; same design as the Erma
MP56 |
Erma
SMART |
Year:
1958 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Featured muzzle device to fire anti-tank grenades |
Erma
MP58 |
Year:
1958 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.6in (70cm)
|
Weight:
6.6lb (3.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
670rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Basic SMG patterned after MP40; made as a prototype only |
|
Erma MP59
|
Year:
1959 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.8in (73cm)
|
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
620rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Featured hydraulic buffer spring; made as a prototype only |
Erma MP60
|
Year:
1960 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.1in (79cm)
|
Weight:
7.3lb (3.3kg)
|
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designer(s):
Josef Eder |
Manufacturer(s):
ERMA Werke |
Notes:
Used twin return springs; MP61 and MP64 prototypes also made |
Mauser
MP60 |
Year:
1960 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30.3in (77cm)
|
Weight:
5.5lb (2.5kg) |
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm
|
Designer(s):
Ludwig Vorgrimmler,
Herr Kimmick |
Manufacturer(s):
Mauser GmbH |
Notes:
Featured muzzle device to fire anti-tank grenades |
Walther MP
|
Year:
1963 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
MPL:
29.4in (75cm)
MPK:
26.0in (66cm)
|
Weight:
MPL:
6.6lb (3.0kg)
MPK:
6.3lb (2.9kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Carl Walther GmbH |
Notes:
Utilized L-shaped bolt, very similar to Franchi LF-57 SMG |
Heckler
& Koch MP54 |
Year:
1966 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26.0in (66cm) |
Weight:
6.7lb (3.0kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Heckler & Koch GmbH |
Notes:
Adopted by West German police as the MP5 |
Hungary
Hungary's
arms manufacturers in the 20th century largely existed to serve their
internal military needs rather than international export. The Danuvia
plant had the fortune of employing Pal de Kiraly, a talented and ambitious
engineer who had an interest in SMGs. He devised an unusual lever-delayed
gun that was adopted by the Hungarian Army as the 39.M, with several
variants being made. This SMG was well-regarded but was too expensive and
complex to produce in any great volumes, and Kiraly was in the process of
designing a cheaper alternative when the country was invaded by the
Soviets in 1944. Kiraly fled to the Dominican Republic and Hungary, as
part of the Eastern Bloc, was required to adopt the standardized
Kalashnikov assault rifle. Hungary did produce PPSh-41 SMGs under the
designation 48.M for a while after the war, but generally the issue of the
AK made submachine guns obsolete in Hungarian service.
Frommer
M.17 |
Year:
1917
|
Cartridge:
7.65x17mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
25 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Rudolf Frommer? |
Manufacturer(s):
Fegyver- és Gépgyár |
Notes:
Villar Perosa copy constructed from two Frommer Stop machine
pistols |
Danuvia 39.M
|
Year:
1939 |
Cartridge:
9x25mm |
Length:
45.25in (104.8cm) |
Weight:
8.2lb (3.7kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm |
Designer(s):
Pál D. Király |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár,
Fegyver- és Gépgyár |
Notes:
Utilized complex lever-delay blowback system; magazine folds
into recess in handguard |
Danuvia 43.M
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x25mm |
Length:
37.5in (95cm) |
Weight:
8.0lb (3.63kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm |
Designer(s):
Pál D. Király |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár,
Fegyver- és Gépgyár |
Notes:
Modified variant of 39.M with pistol grip and folding stock |
Danuvia
44.M |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x25mm |
Length:
19.7in (50cm) |
Weight:
6.44lb (2.92kg)
|
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm
|
Designer(s):
Pál D. Király |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár |
Notes:
Cheaper variant of Danuvia SMG utilizing basic construction;
built as a prototype only |
PPSh
48.M |
Year:
1948 |
Cartridge:
7.62x25mm |
Length:
33.1in (84cm) |
Weight:
8.0lb (3.6kg) |
Magazine:
35 rounds,
70 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Georgy Shpagin |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár |
Notes:
Hungarian copy of Soviet PPSh 41 submachine gun |
Kucher
K1
|
Year:
1949 |
Cartridge:
7.62x25mm |
Length:
33.2in (84.4cm)
|
Weight:
6.8lb (3.1kg)
|
Magazine:
35 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm
|
Designer(s):
Josef Kucher |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár |
Notes:
Taken into limited service with Hungarian police and Army |
Györik
49.M |
Year:
1949 |
Cartridge:
7.62x25mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
80 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Josef Györik,
Emil Salánki |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár |
Notes:
Bullpup SMG with helical magazine; built as a prototype only |
Danuvia
50.M |
Year:
1950 |
Cartridge:
7.62x25mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Danuvia Gépgyár |
Notes:
Shortened variant of Danuvia 43.M submachine gun, rechambered
in 7.62mm Tokarev |
Italy
Italy's submachine gun development began in
1914, with the invention of the twin-barreled, pistol-calibre "Villar Perosa"
gun by Colonel Abiel Revelli. The Italian Army recognized the potential in
the concept and it was subsequently adapted into a single-barreled
automatic carbine by Beretta. The Revelli-Beretta SMG of 1918 became the
first conventional submachine gun to see military adoption, albeit in
small numbers compared to the German MP18. After the war, various Italian
firms continued to experiment with SMG design, but it was really Beretta
who made strides in this field and progressively continued work on their
1918 gun.
When World War II broke out, Italian
troops were armed with one of the finest SMGs available, the Beretta Model
38. Many more quality SMGs were produced during the turbulent period from
1943 - 1945, in which Italy was split between the fascist republic and the
monarchy, the former allied with Hitler's Germany and the latter allied
with Britain and the US. After the war, Italy continued to produce
submachine guns for both their domestic military and law enforcement, and
for the export market. Some of these, especially Beretta's efforts, were
very successful, thanks to the skills of engineers like Tullio Marengoni
and Dominco Salza.
Fiat
Mod.1915 ("Villar Perosa") |
Year:
1914
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm
Glisenti
|
Length:
21.0in (53cm) |
Weight:
14.3lb (6.5kg) |
Magazine:
25 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
2400rpm |
Designer(s):
Abiel Revelli |
Manufacturer(s):
Officine di Villar Perosa,
FIAT |
Notes:
World's first
submachine gun, used as a support weapon |
|
|
Year:
1916 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Abiel Revelli |
Manufacturer(s):
FIAT |
Notes:
First attempt to convert Villar Perosa into a conventional
SMG |
|
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Amerigo Cei-Rigotti |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A (Possibly Glisenti-Bettoni & C.) |
Notes:
Conversion of Villar Perosa into single-barreled
SMG |
|
|
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Enrico Crocetti |
Manufacturer(s):
Gio. Ansaldo & C. |
Notes:
Trialed in 1918, few details
survive
|
|
|
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (Savoia) |
Notes:
Trialed in 1918, few details
survive
|
|
|
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A, possibly Aviazione Navale |
Notes:
Trialed in 1918, few details
survive
|
Revelli-Beretta (MAB 18) |
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
33.5in (85cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
300rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta
|
Notes:
Conversion of Beretta Mod.1918 carbine into automatic SMG with piston delay |
M.I.D.A. |
Year:
1918 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Manifattura Italiana d'Armi (M.I.D.A.)
|
Notes:
Twin-trigger variant of Beretta Mod.1918 carbine with automatic fire capability |
|
|
Year:
1919 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
35.5in (90cm)
|
Weight:
8lb (3.6kg) |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Abiel Revelli |
Manufacturer(s):
Officine di Villar Perosa |
Notes:
Designed during World War I; used by aerial observers |
|
|
Year:
c.1935 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm Glisenti |
Length:
35.0in (89.0cm)
|
Weight:
8.25lb (3.74kg) |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Gino Revelli
Giuseppe Pavesi |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Experimental model |
Armaguerra Mod.35 |
Year:
1935 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Gino Revelli |
Manufacturer(s):
Armaguerra |
Notes:
N/A |
Beretta
Mod.38 |
Year:
1938 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.0in (94cm) |
Weight:
7.5lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Adapted from self-loading carbine |
Beretta Mod.38A |
Year:
1938 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.25in (94.6cm) |
Weight:
9.25lb (4.20kg)
|
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm
|
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Detail improvement of Mod.38, adopted by the Italian Army in
1938 |
 Sosso |
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Giulio Sosso |
Manufacturer(s):
Fabrica Nationale d'Armie Brescia |
Notes:
Fed by high-capacity internal magazine located within stock |
 Ortolani |
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Michele Ortolani, Bartolomeo Ortolani |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
First SMG to use roller-delayed blowback operation |
Beretta Mod.1 |
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.0in (71cm) |
Weight:
8.0lb (3.6kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Modified Mod.38A designed to emulate MP40; built as a
prototype only |
Beretta
Mod.38/42 |
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Simplified version of Mod.38A |
FNA-B
Mod.43 |
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.1in (79cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
400rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Fabrica Nationale d'Armie Brescia |
Notes:
Features folding magazine |
Variara
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.3in (82cm) |
Weight:
6.2lb (2.8kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Covertly produced for CLN partisans |
Albertini |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.7in (83cm) |
Weight:
7.72lb (3.50kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
650rpm |
Designer(s):
Guiseppe Albertini |
Manufacturer(s):
Isotta Fraschini |
Notes:
Feeds from MP40 magazines |
Beretta Mod.38/44 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Further simplification of Mod.38A |
Armaguerra
OG44 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30.3in (77cm) |
Weight:
6.8lb (3.1kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
525rpm |
Designer(s):
Giovanni Oliani |
Manufacturer(s):
Armaguerra |
Notes:
Utilized L-shaped bolt housed over barrel |
 TZ-45 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.5in (85cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Aldo Zorzoli, Lt. Col. Tonon |
Manufacturer(s):
Fabbrica Giandoso |
Notes:
Features early grip safety system |
 Genar
PM410 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
16.1in (41cm) |
Weight:
4.3lb (2.0kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Genar SpA |
Notes:
Used by RSI troops in late WWII |
FDA |
Year:
c.1948 |
Cartridge:
9x17mm |
Length:
17.5in (44cm) |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Cesare Lercker |
Manufacturer(s):
F.D.A. |
Notes:
Compact, small-caliber machine pistol |
Bernardelli
VB |
Year:
1948 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.7in (83cm) |
Weight:
7.4lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Vincenzo Bernardelli SpA |
Notes:
Licensed copy of Beretta Mod.38/49 |
Beretta
Mod.38/49 |
Year:
1949 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Modified Mod.38/44 with bolt lock safety |
Beretta Mod.2
|
Year:
1951 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Modified Mod.1 with bolt lock safety |
 Simmel
PM720 |
Year:
1954 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.4in (72cm) |
Weight:
5.1lb (2.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Simmel Werke |
Notes:
Commercial version of Genar SMG |
 FNA-B
X4 |
Year:
1954 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26in (66cm) |
Weight:
6.6lb (2.9kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Fabrica Nationale d'Armie Brescia |
Notes:
N/A |
FNA-B X5 |
Year:
1955
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
12.25in (31.1cm)
|
Weight:
6.3lb (2.9kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Fabrica Nationale d'Armie Brescia |
Notes:
Extremely compact blowback SMG |
Beretta Mod.3 |
Year:
1955 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.0in (71cm) |
Weight:
7.6lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Features retractable stock, left-side cocking, and grip
safety |
Beretta Mod.4 |
Year:
1956 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.0in (71cm) |
Weight:
7.6lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Tullio Marengoni |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Modified Mod.3 with redesigned stock and bayonet fittings |
Beretta Mod.5 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.5in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Modified Mod.38/49 with push safety device |
Beretta Mod.6 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
24.8in (63cm) |
Weight:
5.75lb (2.61kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Built as a prototype only |
Beretta Mod.7 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Utilized L-shaped bolt housed over barrel |
Beretta Mod.8 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Improved variant of Mod.7 |
Beretta Mod.10 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm
|
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Prototype version of Mod.12 |
Franchi LF-57 |
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26.75in (67.9cm) |
Weight:
7.1lb (3.2kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Luigi Franchi SpA |
Notes:
Utilized L-shaped bolt housed over barrel |
Beretta Mod.12 |
Year:
1958 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
25.4in (65cm) |
Weight:
6.6lb (3.0kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Domenico Salza |
Manufacturer(s):
Beretta |
Notes:
Adopted by the Italian Army in 1961 |
Japan
After centuries of isolation, Japan was quick
to industrialize under the reign of Emperor Meiji, and production of
modern small arms was no exception. Most of Japan's arsenals were
state-owned and produced rifles and machine guns exclusively for their own
military and navy and the country did not export arms in large numbers.
Development of an SMG in Japan began around 1927, when the Koishikawa
Arsenal produced an 8mm prototype for military trials. This was
unsuccessful, but in the mid-1930s the privately-owned Tokyo firm of
Kijiro Nambu designed a line of rather innovative 8mm submachine guns,
which were taken up in small numbers by the navy. When Japan invaded China
in 1936 and experienced a series of bloody, close-quarters urban battles,
the army asked for an indigenously-produced SMG. This was provided by
Nambu in the form of the Type 100, which was Japan's mainstay submachine
gun throughout World War II.
After their surrender in 1945, Japan
considerably downsized their domestic arms industry, which since then has
only existed to serve the country's own needs and is prohibited from
exporting abroad. As such, there has been no real requirement after World
War II for the Japanese to develop any submachine guns, but a few designs
did emerge regardless.
Tokyo Arsenal Model 1927 |
Year:
1927
|
Cartridge:
8x22mm
|
Length:
27.0in (69cm) |
Weight:
7.1lb (3.2kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
1200rpm |
Designer(s):
Toshio Takazeki
|
Manufacturer(s):
Koishikawa Arsenal
|
Notes:
First domestically-designed Japanese SMG, utilized tapered feed |
Tokyo Arsenal Model 1928 |
Year:
1928 |
Cartridge:
8x22mm |
Length:
31.6in (80cm) |
Weight:
7.3lb (3.3kg)
|
Magazine:
18 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Toshio Takazeki |
Manufacturer(s):
Koishikawa Arsenal |
Notes:
Prototype designed to fire two-round bursts |
 Nambu
Type 1
|
Year:
1934 |
Cartridge:
6.5mm,
8x22mm |
Length:
24.1 (62cm) |
Weight:
6.17lb (2.8kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Shikanosuke Tokunaga |
Manufacturer(s):
Nambu Arms Manufacturing Co. |
Notes:
One of the first SMGs to feed magazines through pistol grip;
only produced in limited numbers |
 Nambu Type 2 |
Year:
1935 |
Cartridge:
8x22mm |
Length:
27.6in (70cm) |
Weight:
6.17lb (2.8kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Shikanosuke Tokunaga |
Manufacturer(s):
Nambu Arms Manufacturing Co. |
Notes:
Redesigned version of the Type IIA with conventional magazine
feed, produced in limited numbers |
Nambu Type 100/40
|
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
8x22mm |
Length:
35in (89cm)
|
Weight:
8.44lb (3.83kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
450rpm |
Designer(s):
Kijiro Nambu |
Manufacturer(s):
Nambu Arms Manufacturing Co., Kokura Arsenal,
Atsuta Arsenal |
Notes:
Standard Japanese SMG of World War II, based on Bergmann
design |
Nambu
Type 100/44 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
8x22mm |
Length:
35in (89cm) |
Weight:
8.44lb (3.83kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Kijiro Nambu |
Manufacturer(s):
Atsuta Arsenal |
Notes:
Cheaper variant of Type 100 with modified recoil spring and
increased fire rate |
SCK-65 & 66
|
Year:
1965 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in (76.3cm) |
Weight:
9lb (4.8kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Shin Chuo Kogyo K.K. |
Notes:
Featured integral muffler and magazine grip safety |
New
Zealand
Much
like Australia, New Zealand was cut off from the rest of the British
Commonwealth during World War II and therefore had no access to submachine
guns. The blueprints for the Sten gun did not reach New Zealand until
March 1942 and production was contracted to the Precision Engineering
Company and the Radio Corporation of New Zealand, both Wellington-based
factories. The number of Stens manufactured in the country was only
limited, totaling less than about 15,000 units. All the while there were a
few attempts to domestically develop a new SMG, including the Mitchell and
Simpson designs. The Mitchell concept lasted from 1941 until 1944, but
ultimately failed to impress the Ordnance Board in Britain and was
rejected.
Mitchell
No.1 |
Year:
1941
|
Cartridge:
7.65x17mm
|
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Allan Mitchell |
Manufacturer(s):
Mitchell workshop |
Notes:
Blowback gun with top-loading magazine |
Mitchell No.2/No.3 |
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Allan Mitchell |
Manufacturer(s):
Seddon Technical College |
Notes:
Improved version of No.1 Mitchell in 9mm Parabellum |
ARMAF Mk.I |
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in
(76cm) |
Weight:
6.65lb
(3.02kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold
J. Turpin,
Reginald
V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
Precision Engineering Company Ltd. |
Notes:
Copy of Sten Mk.II using cut-down SMLE barrel |
RC NZ STEN L.P.
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in
(76cm) |
Weight:
6.65lb
(3.02kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold
J. Turpin,
Reginald
V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
Radio Corporation of New Zealand |
Notes:
Modified variant of Sten Mk.II with forward safety and
fixed magwell |
Mitchell
No.4
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
4.75lb (2.15kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
810rpm
|
Designer(s):
Allan Mitchell |
Manufacturer(s):
Mitchell workshop |
Notes:
Blowback SMG with tubular cocking sleeve |
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Simpson
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
W.A. Simpson |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Prototype with horizontal magazine underneath barrel |
The
Netherlands
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The Dutch Army in the 20th century made no
concerted efforts to develop a domestic submachine gun, relying entirely
on foreign imports. Just before World War II, they adopted the M.P.28.II
as the Pistoolmitrailleur M.39, and in 1942 the American UD-42 submachine
gun was purchased by the Dutch forces in the East Indies. Resistance
fighters in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands were equipped with Sten Mk.II
submachine guns from Britain. After the war, the re-organized Dutch Army
adopted a modified version of the Sten known as the Pistoolmitrailleur nr
2A.
nr
2A
|
Year:
1948
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm
|
Length:
30in (76cm) |
Weight:
6.65lb (3.02kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold
J. Turpin,
Reginald
V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
British Sten Mk.II submachine gun, modified with foregrip
attachment |
Spain
Spain was a large producer of small arms,
particularly pistols, in the early 20th century. However, it was not until
1934 that the Basque firm of Star Bonifacio Echeverria
designed Spain's
first SMG,
which was marketed for domestic and export use. Production was
immediately hampered
by the
outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, during which the demand for
SMGs increased significantly. Submachine guns used by the
Nationalist and Republican factions included workshop-made
models produced domestically, and foreign exports from the
rest of Europe. After the war,
Franco's government closed the vast majority of the Spanish gun
manufacturers and only a few were left operational to serve the
needs of the military and police. New submachine guns were developed at
the state-owned CETME factory, and at Star, who offered a series of SMGs
for export from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Gollat MX1935 |
Year:
1935
|
Cartridge:
9x23mm
|
Length:
38.15in (96.9cm) |
Weight:
10.50lb (4.75kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm
|
Designer(s):
Luis Pamolo Puyol
|
Manufacturer(s):
Fca. Antonio Errasti
|
Notes:
Derived from Bergmann design
|
Star
SI-35
|
Year:
1935 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm,
9x19mm,
9x17mm |
Length:
35.4in (90.0cm) |
Weight:
8.2lb (3.7kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
300 - 700rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Star Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. |
Notes:
Utilized complex six-part fire selector, also marketed as
"Atlantic" |
Naranjero |
Year:
1936
|
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
32.0in (81.0cm)
|
Weight:
8.8lb (4.0kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm
|
Designers(s):
Hugo Schmeisser |
Manufacturer(s):
Various |
Notes:
Localized copy of the Haenel MP28.II |
Labora
|
Year:
1937 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
31.75in (80.6cm)
|
Weight:
9.3lb (4.2kg) |
Magazine:
36 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
750rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Industrias de Guerra de Cataluna |
Notes:
Republican-designed SMG produced during Civil War; only a few
thousand made |
Coruna
M41/44
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
33.0in (84.0cm)
|
Weight:
10.58lb (4.8kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Heinrich Vollmer,
Berthold Geipel |
Manufacturer(s):
Coruna
Arsenal
|
Notes:
Licensed copy of the Erma MP34 submachine gun |
Star Z45
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
33.8in (86.0cm) |
Weight:
9.98lb (4.53kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Star Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. |
Notes:
Based on the Erma MP40 |
STABLE |
Year:
1953 |
Cartridge:
.30 Carbine,
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Victor Sarasqueta |
Notes:
Also known as the ARMU |
ADASA |
Year:
1953 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm |
Length:
31.95in (81.2cm)
|
Weight:
8.18lb (3.71kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Ludwig Vorgrimmler |
Manufacturer(s):
Armamento De Aviacion S.A. |
Notes:
Simple blowback SMG based on Soviet PPS-43 |
ARAC |
Year:
1954 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
34.75in (88.3cm) |
Weight:
8.40lb (3.9kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
SOFAM |
Notes:
Spanish Mauser rifle converted into 9mm blowback SMG |
Parinco
CI 3R |
Year:
1959 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
9x23mm |
Length:
31.50in (80.0cm) |
Weight:
7.55kg (3.4kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Jesus Crespo Granja,
Eugenio Izquierdo |
Manufacturer(s):
Parinco S.A. |
Notes:
Basic blowback SMG with plastic body
|
Star
Z62 |
Year:
1962 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
9x23mm |
Length:
27.56in (70.0cm)
|
Weight:
5.84lb (2.65kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm
|
Designer(s):
Isaac Irusta |
Manufacturer(s):
Star Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. |
Notes:
Lightweight blowback SMG with two-stage trigger |
CETME CB-64 |
Year:
1964 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
9x23mm |
Length:
28.0in (71.0cm) |
Weight:
5.8lb (2.6kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Centro de Estudios Tecnicos de Materiales Especiales |
Notes:
Externally similar to British Sterling SMG; also known as the
CETME C2 |
Star
Z70B |
Year:
1970 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Star Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. |
Notes:
Improved version of Z62 SMG |
Sweden
Although Sweden remained neutral during both
World Wars, it maintained a domestic arms industry to supply its military
in the event of an invasion attempt. During the 1930s the Swedish Army
became interested in SMGs and imported Bergmann MP34 submachine guns from
Denmark. They also acquired licenses from Finland to produce their KP/31
submachine gun. The Swedish KP/31, known as the M/37, became not only the
standard submachine gun of their Army, but also was exported to many
countries around the world. In 1945 the Carl Gustav factory produced their
eponymous SMG, which was a very successful export product and set the
expected standard for many post-war designs.
Husqvarna
M/37-39
|
Year:
1937
|
Cartridge:
9x20mm,
9x19mm
|
Length:
30.2in (76.8cm) |
Weight:
8.75lb (3.97kg)
|
Magazine:
50 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti
|
Manufacturer(s):
Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB,
Carl Gustav Gevarsfaktori
|
Notes:
Licensed copy of
Suomi KP/31 SMG |
Hovea M/44 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.27in (84.5cm)
|
Weight:
6.6lb (3.0kg)
|
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
Husqvarna Vapenfabriks AB |
Notes:
Built as a prototype only, later produced in
Denmark |
Carl Gustav M/45 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.8in (81cm) |
Weight:
7.6lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Gunnar Johnsson |
Manufacturer(s):
Carl Gustav Gevarsfaktori |
Notes:
Adopted by the Swedish Army in 1946 |
Balter |
Year:
c.1950 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
36 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
B.G. Balter |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Improved version of Carl Gustav M/45 SMG; built as a
prototype only |
Switzerland
Thanks to
Coutin for providing photos for this section
SIG
MP 1918 (?)
|
Year:
c.1918
|
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm
|
Length:
27.0in (69cm) |
Weight:
4.37lb (1.98kg) |
Magazine:
13 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Gotthard End
|
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Blowback SMG feeding from Luger P08 magazines, tentatively
dated to around 1918 - 1920
|
W+F
Fliegerpistole
|
Year:
1918
|
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
1200rpm |
Designers(s):
Adolf Furrer-Kägi |
Manufacturer(s):
Waffenfabrik Bern |
Notes:
Mounted turret gun using toggle-lock action |
W+F
Fliegerbeobachter-Doppelpistole
|
Year:
1919 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm |
Length:
29.9in (76cm) |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
50 rounds (x2)
|
Rate
of Fire:
1900rpm |
Designer(s):
Adolf Furrer-Kägi |
Manufacturer(s):
Waffenfabrik Bern |
Notes:
Twin-barreled SMG using dual toggle-lock action |
W+F MP 1919 |
Year:
1919
|
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm |
Length:
31.0in (79cm) |
Weight:
10.54lb (4.78kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
1200rpm
|
Designers(s):
Adolf Furrer-Kägi |
Manufacturer(s):
Waffenfabrik Bern |
Notes:
Toggle-action, recoil-operated |
 SIG MP 1920 |
Year:
1920 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
7.63x25mm |
Length:
32in (81cm)
|
Weight:
9.0lb (4.1kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Hugo Schmeisser,
Gotthard End |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Swiss-modified copy of Bergmann M.P.18,I, produced under
license; extensively used in China and Japan |
Steyr-Solothurn S1-100
|
Year:
1929 |
Cartridge:
9x23mm,
9x25mm,
9x19mm |
Length:
33.5in (85cm) |
Weight:
8.8lb (4.0kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Theodor Rakula,
Louis Stange |
Manufacturer(s):
Steyr-Solothurn A.G. |
Notes:
Derived from German design, produced in Switzerland and
Austria |
Steyr-Solothurn S17-100 |
Year:
1930 |
Cartridge:
9x25mm |
Length:
24.0in (61cm)
|
Weight:
8.0lb (3.6kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
500rpm |
Designer(s):
Theodor Rakula |
Manufacturer(s):
Steyr-Solothurn A.G. |
Notes:
Modified version of S1-100, designed to be fired from a
tripod mount
|
SIG MP
1930
|
Year:
1930 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
37.0in (94cm) |
Weight:
10.3lb (4.65kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Precursor to MKMO; possibly exported to Mengjiang |
SIG MKMO
|
Year:
1933 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
9x19mm,
7.63x25mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
40.4.in (102.5m) |
Weight:
9.37lb (4.25kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Lever-delayed blowback SMG with folding magazine |
SIG MKPO |
Year:
1933 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
9x19mm,
7.63x25mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
32.7in (83cm) |
Weight:
8.90lb (4.04kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Shortened variant of MKMO for police use |
SIG
MKMS |
Year:
1937 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
9x19mm,
7.63x25mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
40.4.in (102.5m) |
Weight:
9.37lb (4.25kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Simplfied MKMO converted to straight-blowback action |
SIG
MKPS |
Year:
1937 |
Cartridge:
7.65x21mm,
9x19mm,
7.63x25mm,
9x25mm |
Length:
32.7in (83cm) |
Weight:
8.90lb (4.04kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Simplfied MKPO converted to straight-blowback action |
SIG
MP40
|
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.3in (80cm)
|
Weight:
6.94lb (3.15kg)
|
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
850rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Refurnished MKPS |
SIG
MP41
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.4in (80cm) |
Weight:
9.6lb (4.4kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
850rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Modified SIG MP40 with folding magazine |
W+F
Lmg-Pist 41 (MP41)
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
29.9in (76cm) |
Weight:
11.5lb (5.2kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm
|
Designer(s):
Adolf Furrer-Kägi |
Manufacturer(s):
Waffenfabrik Bern |
Notes:
Toggle-action SMG with right-side magazine feed; also known
as Lmg-Pist 41 |
W+F
Lmg-Pist 41/44 (MP41/44)
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30.5in (77cm) |
Weight:
11.5lb (5.2kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Adolf Furrer-Kägi |
Manufacturer(s):
Waffenfabrik Bern |
Notes:
Simplified modification of Furrer MP41; also known as
Lmg-Pist 41/44
|
Hispano-Suiza
MP43/44
|
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.9in (86cm)
|
Weight:
10.4lb (4.7kg)
|
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Aimo Lahti |
Manufacturer(s):
Hispano-Suiza S.A. |
Notes:
Simplified licensed copy of Finnish KP/31 SMG |
SIG MP44
|
Year:
1944
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
32.8in (83cm)
|
Weight:
8.7lb (3.9kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
800rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Emil Busenhart |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Lightened and simplified version of MKMO; MP46 variant also
made |
SIG MP48
|
Year:
1948 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.2in (72cm) |
Weight:
6.4lb (2.9kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Jakob Gaetzi,
Gotthard End,
Emil Busenhart |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Further development of SIG MP44; folding magazine retained |
Armco PM 1950 (1)
|
Year:
1950 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31.0in (79cm) |
Weight:
8.4lb (3.8kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
Jean-Pierre Luhti |
Manufacturer(s):
Armco |
Notes:
Recoil-operated; horizontal magazine feed |
Armco PM 1950 (2)
|
Year:
1950 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30.9in (78cm) |
Weight:
8.05lb (3.65kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Jean-Pierre Luhti |
Manufacturer(s):
Armco |
Notes:
Recoil-operated; vertical magazine feed |
Rexim
Favor Mk.IV |
Year:
1953 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
34.5in (88cm) |
Weight:
8.4lb (3.8kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Paul Favier |
Manufacturer(s):
Rexim S.A. |
Notes:
Hammer-fired blowback SMG |
SIG MP310
|
Year:
1957 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
29.0in (74cm) |
Weight:
8.70lb (3.95kg)
|
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
900rpm |
Designer(s):
Rudolf Amsler |
Manufacturer(s):
Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) |
Notes:
Lightened version of SIG MP48 |
United
Kingdom
As early as the 1890s, British-American
inventor Hiram Maxim had developed a lightweight, man-portable version of
the Maxim gun chambered for pistol cartridges. This precursor to the
submachine gun was deployed for demonstration purposes only, and Maxim
never developed the concept any further. Later, in 1915, the Italian
Villar Perosa was demonstrated before British officials, who recognized
its potential but vetoed against issuing a similar weapon to their troops.
The British attitude towards the German MP18 was largely dismissive and it
was seen as little more than a gimmicky weapon developed by a desperate
foe. During the inter-war period, the Small Arms Committee investigated
various submachine guns from around the world, including a few
domestically-produced guns like the Dinely, Biwarip, and BSA-Thompson. As
time went on the SAC's interest in submachine guns increased, but the Army
High Command was vehemently against weapons of this type and rejected all
comers, despite some early warnings that the Germans were turning out
thousands of MP38 SMGs en masse.
When the war broke out in 1939, the British
Army was without a submachine gun and the British Expeditionary Force in
France hastily arranged field trials for various SMGs, quickly settling on
the Ameriacan Thompson gun. After the BEF's retreat from Dunkirk in 1940,
a domestic SMG program was quickly developed and the results of this were
the Lanchester and Sten SMGs. The Sten was a technically poor but
extremely cost-efficent and simple gun that could be manufactured in
extremely high volumes, and it proved to be a great success, arming not
only British troops but also resistance fighters across Europe. Its basic
design saw it copied worldwide, both in factories and small workshops.
After World War II, the British ditched the Sten in favor of a more
polished gun, the Sterling, which was also very successful
internationally.
 BSA
Thompson
|
Year:
1926 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
9x23mm,
.45 ACP,
7.63x25mm |
Length:
32in (81cm) |
Weight:
7.5lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
1200rpm |
Designer(s):
George Norman |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Licensed variant of
the Thompson SMG, produced in Britain for the European market |
|
|
Year:
1932 |
Cartridge:
7.65x17mm |
Length:
27.5in (70cm)
|
Weight:
8.2lb (3.7kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds
|
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Mark Dineley |
Manufacturer(s):
Dineley & Dowding |
Notes:
Used Ross rifle barrel
|
Soley Model 2 |
Year:
1938 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
25 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
John Ball(?) |
Manufacturer(s):
Soley
Arms Company
|
Notes:
Converted from Beretta 18-30 carbine; feeds magazines
through pistol grip
|
Biwarip |
Year:
1938 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26in (66cm) |
Weight:
5.1lb (2.32kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Designed to be fired with one hand; few details survive |
BSA-Kiraly
|
Year:
1939 |
Cartridge:
9x25mm |
Length:
38.75in (98.4cm) |
Weight:
8.5lb (3.9kg) |
Magazine:
40 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
730rpm |
Designer(s):
Pal de Kiraly |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Designed in Hungary and produced in Britain; utilized
flywheel-delayed trigger |
Lanchester |
Year:
1940 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.5in (85cm) |
Weight:
9.6lb (4.4kg) |
Magazine:
50 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
George H. Lanchester |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp., Royal Navy workshops |
Notes:
Copy of German MP28 |
Lanchester X1/2
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
20.75in (52.7cm) |
Weight:
6.75lb (3.06kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
George H. Lanchester |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp. |
Notes:
Stripped-down and lightened version of Lanchester SMG; built
as a prototype only |
Sten
Mk.I
|
Year:
1941 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.25in (84.5cm) |
Weight:
7.2lb (3.3kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Featured folding foregrip; also produced without wooden
furniture |
 Sten
Mk.II
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in (76cm) |
Weight:
6.65lb (3.02kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Simplified version of Sten Mk.I, issued in great numbers
during World War II |
Veseley V42
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33in (84cm) |
Weight:
7.1lb (3.2kg) |
Magazine:
60 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Josef Veseley |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Featured compartmentalized four-stack magazine |
Jurek
Mk.I
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
21in (53cm)
|
Weight:
5.4lb (2.4kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
1000rpm |
Designer(s):
Marian Jurek |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
N/A |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
Marek
3J
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
156 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
Jan Marek |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Burst-firing SMG with high-capacity magazine; few details
survive |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
Howes
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
L/Bdr. Howes |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Derived from the Sten gun; possibly silenced |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
Levinson
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
H. Levinson |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
N/A |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
Barnes-Buquor
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
.45 ACP |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
N/A |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
McLachlan
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A
|
Designer(s):
A.S. McLachlan |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Fed from horizontally-placed parallel with the barrel; loaded by rotating chamber |
NO
IMAGE AVAILABLE
SPARC |
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Wikter A. Kulikowski |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Featured integrated silencer |
I.S.R.B. (Norm)
|
Year:
1942 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
29in (74cm) |
Weight:
8.8lb (4.0kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Eric Norman |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Experimental weapon
developed for the SOE; featured milled cocking slide and horizontal
foregrip |
Welgun |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.5in (70cm) |
Weight:
6.5lb (2.9kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
760rpm |
Designer(s):
Eric Norman |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Prototype designed on
request of the SOE; featured plunger-type bolt moderator |
NO
IMAGE AVAILABLE
F.F. |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Mr. F.F.? |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Featured quick-change barrel, automatically-ejecting magazine, and pre-loading pawl feed |
NO
IMAGE AVAILABLE
Kay |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Mr. Kay |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Constructed using Zamac |
Patchett Mk.I
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28in (71cm) |
Weight:
6.2lb (2.8kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
|
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp. |
Notes:
Fed from Sten magazines; saw limited issue during World War
II for combat trials |
Sten
Mk.III
|
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in (76cm) |
Weight:
7.0lb (3.2kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
550rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield,
Line Bros. Ltd. |
Notes:
Further simplification of Sten design, built from stamped
steel components |
Sten Mk.IVA |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.5in (70cm) |
Weight:
7.5lb (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
575rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Modified Sten with large trigger guard; never taken into
service |
Sten Mk.IVB |
Year:
1943 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
24.5in (62cm)
|
Weight:
7.5lb (3.4kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
575rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Compact machine pistol-type modified Sten; never taken into
service |
Sten Mk.V |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
30in (76cm) |
Weight:
8.6lb (3.9kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Issued to paratroopers in 1944; also produced without
foregrip |
Sten Mk.VI |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.75in (85.7cm) |
Weight:
9.5lb (4.3kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
475rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin,
Reginald V. Shepherd,
Wikter A. Kulikowski |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Suppressed version of Sten Mk.V |
Rofsten |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
31in (79cm)
|
Weight:
8.2lb (3.7kg)
|
Magazine:
22 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
Improved version of Sten design, built as a prototype only |
Sterling
Mk.II |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28in (71cm) |
Weight:
6.0lb (2.7kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp.,
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
Improved version of Patchett gun, adopted by the British Army
as L2A1 in 1953 |
MCEM-1 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
25in (64cm) |
Weight:
6.4lb (2.9kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds (x2) |
Rate
of Fire:
700rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Derived from Sten design; featured twin magazines welded
together |
MCEM-2 |
Year:
1944 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
14.25in (36.2cm) |
Weight:
5.0lb (2.3kg) |
Magazine:
18 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
1000rpm |
Designer(s):
Jerzey Podsedkowski |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Machine pistol-type SMG with wrap-around bolt design and
detachable holster-stock |
MCEM-3 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28.75in (73cm) |
Weight:
7.5in (3.4kg) |
Magazine:
20 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
690rpm |
Designer(s):
Harold J. Turpin |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Improved version of MCEM-1 |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
MCEM-4
|
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A
|
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
No details survive |
NO IMAGE
AVAILABLE
MCEM-5 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
No details survive |
MCEM-6 |
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26in (66cm) |
Weight:
6.7lb (3.0kg) |
Magazine:
18 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Jerzey Podsedkowski,
Aleksander Ichnatowicz |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Improved version of MCEM-2 |
Jurek Mk.II
|
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
17in (43cm) |
Weight:
5.5lb (2.5kg)
|
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
350rpm |
Designer(s):
Marian Jurek |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
Featured bolt delay system to reduce fire rate |
Delacre
|
Year:
1945? |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A (possibly Henri Delacre) |
Manufacturer(s):
N/A |
Notes:
With drum magazine and folding butt |
BSA Mk.I
|
Year:
1945
|
Cartridge:
9x19mm,
.30 Carbine |
Length:
27.5in (70cm)
|
Weight:
5.6lb (2.5kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Claude A. Perry,
Roger D. Wackrow |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Cocked by pushing handguard forward; featured folding magazine |
Viper
|
Year:
1945 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
24in (61cm) |
Weight:
6.8lb (3.1kg) |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
690rpm |
Designer(s):
Derek A. Hutton-Williams |
Manufacturer(s):
RSAF Enfield |
Notes:
Designed to be fired one-handed |
ROF Machine Pistol
|
Year:
1946 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A |
Magazine:
32 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
N/A |
Manufacturer(s):
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
N/A |
BSA Mk.II
|
Year:
1947 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.5in (70cm) |
Weight:
5.6lb (2.5kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Claude A. Perry,
Roger D. Wackrow |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Improved version of BSA SMG |
BSA Mk.III
|
Year:
1951 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
27.5in (70cm) |
Weight:
5.6lb (2.5kg) |
Magazine:
30 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Claude A. Perry,
Roger D. Wackrow |
Manufacturer(s):
Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. |
Notes:
Modified version of BSA SMG with bayonet fittings |
Sterling Mk.III
|
Year:
1955 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28in (71cm)
|
Weight:
6.0lb (2.7kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp.,
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
Detail improvement of Mk.II; very briefly adopted as L2A2 |
Sterling Mk.IV
|
Year:
1955 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
28in (71cm) |
Weight:
6.0lb (2.7kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp.,
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
Improved version of Mk.III, adopted as L2A3; most numerous
variant of Sterling SMG |
Sterling Mk.V
|
Year:
1964 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
33.25in (84.5cm) |
Weight:
7.7lb (3.5kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
475rpm
|
Designer(s):
George W. Patchett |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp.,
ROF Fazackerley |
Notes:
Suppressed version of Sterling Mk.IV, adopted as L34A1 |
Sterling S11
|
Year:
1970 |
Cartridge:
9x19mm |
Length:
26.75in (67.9cm) |
Weight:
8.0lb (3.6kg) |
Magazine:
34 rounds |
Rate
of Fire:
600rpm |
Designer(s):
Frank Waters |
Manufacturer(s):
Sterling Armaments Corp. |
Notes:
Proposed as cheaper alternative to Sterling Mk.IV; built as a
prototype only |
Uruguay
Celmi
|
Year:
1946
|
Cartridge:
.45 ACP
|
Length:
N/A |
Weight:
N/A
|
Magazine:
N/A
|
Rate
of Fire:
N/A |
Designer(s):
Celmi brothers
|
Manufacturer(s):
Fabrica de Armas Celmi hnos. |
Notes:
Copy of the Beretta 38A in .45 ACP
|
