The drawing and description of the ammunition was similarly accurate. The 7.62x39 round was longer than a submachine gun bullet but shorter than a regular infantry rifles. This was true to the ...

At least three UD submachine guns are visible in this photo. ... A Dec. 19, 1944-dated patent drawing displays the internal mechanisms of the design we know today as the UD M.’42.

The Uzi, designed by Major Uziel Gal and adopted by the Israel Defense Forces in 1955, is one of history’s most iconic submachine guns. Its innovative design, inspired by the Czech CZ 25, featured a ...

But before those two influential designs left the drawing board, Tokarev tried his hand at a submachine gun. Great effort was made to ensure that the Tokarev Model 1927 was simple and inexpensive ...

Designed by Georgy Shpagin, this submachine gun became a staple of Soviet infantry, known for its reliability, simplicity, and impressive rate of fire. The PPSh-41 was designed during the late ...

The submachine gun never got a real hold in World War I, soon afterward began to figure more in gang news than in Army talk. Of 15,000 Thompsons (“Tommies”) manufactured by Colt in 1921 ...

The Thompson submachine gun used in the shooting death of Assistant State’s Attorney William McSwiggin, in April 1926. McSwiggin, who was known as the “hanging prosecutor” because of his ...