machine pistol

English

a machine pistol

Etymology

Calque of German Maschinenpistole.

Noun

machine pistol (plural machine pistols)

A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).

Synonyms

MP (abbreviation)

Translations

lightweight submachine gun

Finnish: automaattipistooli
German: Maschinenpistole (de) f
Portuguese: pistola automática f

Further reading

machine pistol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Machine pistols on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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