Russian Stechkin APS pistol

Glock 18C (variant of Glock 18) shown with high capacity magazine. Note the fire-selection switch on the top-right.

A machine pistol is a submachine gun that is capable of automatic fire in the form of a handgun. Machine pistols are magazine-fed and self-cocking. These weapons are capable of automatic or burst fire, and being the size of a pistol are able to be held - but usually not fired - comfortably in one hand. The 1932 Mauser Model 712 'Schnellfeuer', a modification of Mauser's 1896 design, is notable as the first widely accepted and mass-produced machine pistol. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Pistol_APS.jpg‎ Source:http://www. ... Image File history File links Pistol_APS.jpg‎ Source:http://www. ... Image File history File links G18_mag. ... Image File history File links G18_mag. ... The GLOCK 18 is a handgun manufactured by GLOCK. It is much like a GLOCK 17 with a fire selector switch on its slide that enables it to fire in semi-automatic or fully automatic modes. ... The GLOCK 18 is a handgun manufactured by GLOCK. It is much like a GLOCK 17 with a fire selector switch on its slide that enables it to fire in semi-automatic or fully automatic modes. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... M2 machine gun An automatic firearm is a firearm that will continue to load and fire ammunition as long as the trigger (or other activating device) is pressed or until it runs out of ammunition. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mauser is the common name of a German arms manufacturer, maker of a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present. ... The C96, or Broomhandle Mauser, was the first semi-automatic pistol to see widespread use. ...

However, firing such pistols in fully automatic mode is notoriously difficult for the user to control, on account of the weapons' light weight and lack of grips for both of the user's hands. This led to the development of an "intermittent-fire" setting that fires a burst of three shots instead of full-automatic. The first pistol developed with the three shot system might be the Heckler & Koch VP70. The VP70 (VP for Volkspistole, , ´70 for the year of the first edition: 1970) is a 9mm, 18-round, double action only, semi-automatic/three-round burst capable polymer frame pistol manufactured by German arms firm Heckler & Koch GmbH. It predates the Glock as the first polymer-framed pistol. ...

The term "machine pistol" is a literal translation of Maschinenpistole, the German term for a submachine gun. While the term existed previously as a synonym for semi-automatic pistols, Western references to automatic machine pistols appear at least as early as 1935. A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

While there is no uniform set of defining characteristics of the type, being chambered for a pistol cartridge and being capable of firing more than one round per trigger pull are two of the features of a machine pistol. Many have a magazine contained within the grip, and several have select-fire capabilities. Some machine pistols only fire three-shot bursts, such as the Beretta 93R or the Heckler & Koch VP70. The VP70 is capable of semi fire. The only way to get the 3 round burst is with the stock attached. However, most are simply fully automatic. A selective fire weapon can be fired in either of at least two modes, depending on the position of the selector switch. ... Beretta Model 93R is a selective-fire machine pistol. ... The VP70 (VP for Volkspistole, , ´70 for the year of the first edition: 1970) is a 9mm, 18-round, double action only, semi-automatic/three-round burst capable polymer frame pistol manufactured by German arms firm Heckler & Koch GmbH. It predates the Glock as the first polymer-framed pistol. ...

The difference between machine pistols and submachine guns is ill-defined and often misunderstood. Usually the term submachine gun refers to larger automatic firearms. Today several types of weapon are described as either - for instance the MAC-10 and the smaller examples of the Uzi series. Typically, however, a submachine gun's operating mechanism is scaled down from that of a full-sized machine gun, while a machine pistol is built up from a semi-automatic pistol design. A pistol is a usually small, projectile weapon, normally fired with one hand. ... The Military Armament Corporation Model 10 or MAC-10 is a blowback-operated select-fire submachine gun (more specifically a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. ... The Uzi (‎) is a family of guns that started with a compact, boxy, and lightweight submachine gun. ...

The popularity of submachine guns in recent years has led many weapons previously described as machine pistols to be advertised and referred to as submachine guns. Perhaps the most obvious example is the Brugger & Thomet MP-9, which was formerly known as the Steyr TMP. The Steyr TMP (Tactical Machine Pistol) is a select-fire 9 x 19 mm Parabellum caliber submachine gun manufactured by the Austrian company, Steyr Mannlicher. ...

Though many submachine guns possess a stock and are thus capable of being fired from the shoulder like a rifle, this is not a clearly defining feature, as numerous submachine guns lack a stock, and several machine pistols possess them, at least as optional extras.

Machine pistols are sometimes preferred by undercover operatives for their small size and high rate of fire. Specialist units such as SWAT also use machine pistols on occasion, mostly inside buildings and other cramped spaces. This article is about Special Weapons and Tactics. ...

See also

• Submachine gun

Some machine pistols

• Beretta 93R
• Mauser C96
• CZ-Scorpion
• Glock 18
• Heckler & Koch VP70
• MAC-10, MAC-11
• Micro Uzi
• APS Stechkin
• CZ 75
• Chechen 9x18mm BORZ ("Wolf") machine-pistol, Russian lang.
• OTS-33 Pernach
• Steyr TMP

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References

• Full Auto Conversion for Browning Pistols, Gerard Henrotin (H&L Publishing - HLebooks.com, 2003)

External links

• Personal Defense Weapons: Machine Pistols
• Article on Glock 18, a fully automatic pistol
• Article on KG-99
• Chechen 9x18mm BORZ ("Wolf") machine-pistol