machine pistol

Noun

Meaning

a fully automatic pistol; a small submachine gun

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In the 1970s, the Italian Beretta company developed the Beretta Model 93R, a selective-fire machine pistol meant for police and military use. Source: Internet

In the 2000s, the machine pistol started to be supplanted by the personal defense weapon : a compact, fully automatic submachine gun-like firearm which fires high-velocity armor-piercing rounds instead of pistol ammunition. Source: Internet

Before he had gone far a machine pistol fired down from above, at least two more joined in, and from below the FFI and police fired back. Source: Internet

Facility experts believed that it is "a slob's weapon, useful only by half-trained or poorly motivated troops"; they claimed that the machine pistol "hits no harder than a pistol and is no more portable than a rifle." Source: Internet

Some Mexican police officers working in urban environments carry both a 9 mm machine pistol and a standard semi-automatic side arm. Source: Internet

The fully automatic MAC-10 is technically a machine pistol. Source: Internet

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