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submachine gunLightweight automatic small-arms weapon chambered for relatively low-energy pistol cartridges and fired from the hip or shoulder. Submachine guns usually have box-type magazines that hold 10–50 cartridges, or occasionally drums holding more rounds. A short-range weapon, they are rarely effective at more than 200 yards (180 m). They can fire 650 or more rounds per minute and weigh 6–10 lbs (2.5–4.5 kg). Important types include the Thompson submachine gun, or tommy gun (patented 1920), the British Sten gun of World War II, and the later Israeli Uzi. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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PALMDALE -- Antelope Valley College police officers wearing masks and carrying submachine guns firing tiny soap capsules sprinted down halls and charged into rooms Wednesday in the Antelope Valley Mall's closed movie theater, training for how to respond if a gunman were loose on the college campus or at a nearby school. Each cradles a submachine gun, watching for looters. He would have held his dull, black Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun tight to his body, the way he always did. |
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