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Submachine guns:

Submachine guns:

A Submachine gun( SMG) is an automatic carbine, designed to fire pistol cartridges. It combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol. The submachine gun was invented during World War I( 1914 – 1918). The zenith of its use was World War II( 1939 – 1945) when millions of weapons of this type were manufactured. In military use, the submachine gun has been supplanted in general issue by carbine-length assault rifles firing intermediate cartridges due to their superior range and power; submachine guns have poor accuracy past 50m and are generally unable to penetrate the improved ballistic helmets and body armor increasingly becoming standard-issue for modern infantrymen. However, submachine guns retain widespread use in police SWAT and domestic counter-terrorist forces, who value the SMG ' s lighter recoil, better accuracy in burst or fully automatic mode and minimized bullet over penetration when dealing with residential hostage crises, high-risk search / arrest warrants and other domestic situations in tight quarters where innocent civilian casualties are a major concern.
More info: http:// en. wikipedia. org / wiki / Submachine _ gun
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