This will hopefully be a near-complete guide to international submachine guns from 1914 to 1970. Currently available are:

Austria - Belgium - Canada - Denmark - France - Finland - Germany - Hungary - Italy - Japan- Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom

Coming soon!:

- Switzerland

- Argentina

- Australia/NZ

- China

- Egypt

If I have made any errors, omitted any data, or anything else, please feel free to get in touch at foreverbreathesthelonelyword@gmail.com.



Hellriegel

Year:

1915

Cartridge:

9x23mm

Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A

Magazine:

N/A

Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Mr. Hellriegel

Manufacturer(s):

N/A

Notes:

Very early SMG concept, fed from belt-like chute; few details remain

Sturmpistole Sturmpistole Year:

1917 Cartridge:

9x23mm Length:

32.1in (82cm) Weight:

9.2lb (4.2kg) Magazine:

25 rounds (x2) Rate of Fire:

2400rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Waffenfabrik Steyr Notes:

Austrian copy of the Italian Villar Perosa Unidentified Unidentified Year:

N/A

Cartridge:

9x23mm

Length:

31in (78cm)

Weight:

N/A

Magazine:

N/A

Rate of Fire:

N/A

Designer(s):

N/A

Manufacturer(s):

N/A (Possibly Steyr)

Notes:

Unusual recoil-operated SMG of unknown identity, probably first to feed through pistol grip, dated to around 1918 Steyr-Solothurn Model 1930 Year:

1930 Cartridge:

9x19mm

9x23mm Length:

33.5in (85cm) Weight:

8.8lb (4.0kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Theodor Rakula Manufacturer(s):

Solothurn AG,

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Notes:

German-Swiss design produced under license in Austria, adopted by Austrian police in 1930 Steyr-Solothurn Model 1934

Year:

1934 Cartridge:

9x19mm,

9x23mm,

9x25mm,

.45 ACP Length:

33.5in (85cm) Weight:

8.6lb (3.9kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Theodor Rakula Manufacturer(s):

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Notes:

Modified version of Model 1930 SMG with redesigned safety; adopted by Austrian Army in 1934

Steyr MPi69 Steyr MPi69 Year:

1969 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

26.4in (67cm) Weight:

6.9lb (3.1kg) Magazine:

25 rounds

Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Hugo Stowasser Manufacturer(s):

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Notes:

Uzi-type SMG with wrap-around bolt; can accept bayonet

Belgium

Austria had an innovative arms industry in the early 20th century, employing prolific designers like Ferdinand Mannlicher, Georg Roth, and Karel Krnka. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that some of the earliest SMGs and machine pistols were developed in Austria, beginning with the unusual water-cooled Hellriegel submachine gun, which was more akin to a miniature LMG than a true SMG. Towards the end of World War I, the Steyr factory produced 9x23mm copies of the Italian Villar Perosa, which were used by Austrian stormtroopers, but not many were made before the war came to an end. After the war, most of Austria's SMG prototypes were destroyed and development had to begin again from scratch. In the late 1920s, Steyr was bought out by the Swiss firm of Solothurn and produced Solothurn S1-100 SMGs for the Austrian Army and Police, under the designation MP34, and following the annexation of the country by Nazi Germany in 1938, the Austrians shared all their equipment with the Wehrmacht. After World War II Austria was restored to independence and has continued to produce quality arms, including SMGs, through Steyr-Mannlicher.

Belgium in the late 19th and early 20th century was one of the world's most renowned manufacturers and exporters of small arms, predominantly due to the efforts of the famous firm of Fabrique Nationale in Liege. FN's line of rifles and pistols were always popular but the company had great difficult tapping into the emerging submachine gun market in the interwar period; initially they took up the design of one Karl Heinemann, a German engineer, but this failed to attract any buyers. During World War II, Belgium's arms factories were taken over by the Germans and the great Belgian designers like Dudioenne Saive continued their work at RSAF Enfield in Britain. When the war ended, FN were restored to their former glory and had huge success with their FAL rifle and MAG machine gun, but no luck with a blowback SMG that they attempted to market in the 1950s. Instead, FN opted to take up production of the Israeli Uzi submachine gun, which proved successful, while Belgium's army adopted the Vigneron M2 SMG.

Pieper M34

Year:

1928 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.75in (80.6cm)

Weight:

10.40lb (4.73kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser Manufacturer(s):

Anciens Etablissements Pieper Notes:

German-designed SMG produced under license in Belgium

FN M1935 Year:

1935

Cartridge:

7.63x25mm

Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

40 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Karl Heinemann Manufacturer(s):

FN Herstal Notes:

German-designed SMG using toggle action mechanism

FN Saive

FN Saive Year:

c.1950 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

34.50in (87.6cm) Weight:

9.80lb (4.4kg) Magazine:

40 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

Dieudonne Saive Manufacturer(s):

FN Herstal Notes:

Also offered with folding magazine and wire stock

Vigneron Year:

1951 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

34.90in (88.6cm)

Weight:

8.11lb (6.8kg) Magazine:

30 rounds Rate of Fire:

620rpm Designer(s):

Georges Vigneron Manufacturer(s):

Precision Liegoise Notes:

Adopted by Belgian Army in 1953

Imperia MI53 Year:

1953 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.80in (80.8cm) Weight:

8.40lb (3.82kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Imperia

Notes:

Basic Sten clone using surplus components

RAN Year:

1953 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.20in (79.2cm) Weight:

7.80lb (3.60kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

620rpm Designer(s):

Witold Porebski Manufacturer(s):

Repousmetal Notes:

Capable of firing Energa anti-tank grenades FN Uzi

Year:

1958 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25.20in (64.0cm) Weight:

8.80lb (4.0kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designer(s):

Uziel Gal Manufacturer(s):

FN Herstal Notes:

Israeli-designed SMG produced under license in Belgium

FN Vervier Year:

1962 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

30 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Ernest Vervier Manufacturer(s):

FN Herstal Notes:

Built as a prototype only

Canada



Like the rest of the Commonwealth, Canada was largely reliant upon Britain for arms before World War II. When the war broke out, the needs of the Canadian Army were supplied by Long Branch Arsenal, and they were equipped with the same weapons as their British counterparts. During the war Small Arms Ltd. (later absorbed into Canadian Arsenals Ltd.) produced several experimental weapons for the military, but none of these were ultimately accepted for service. The post-war Canadian Army was satisfied with the Sterling SMG and had no desire to develop any new designs.



Revelli (Villar Perosa)

Year:

1918

Cartridge:

9x19mm Glisenti

Length:

21.0in (53.0cm) Weight:

14.3lb (6.5kg)

Magazine:

25 rounds (x2)

Rate of Fire:

2400rpm Designer(s):

Abiel Revelli

Manufacturer(s):

Canadian General Electric Co.

Notes:

Licensed production of Italian Villar Perosa, marketed for export



Sten Mk.II

Year:

1942 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

30in (76cm) Weight:

6.65lb (3.02kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Harold J. Turpin,

Reginald V. Shepherd Manufacturer(s):

Long Branch Arsenal (Small Arms Ltd.) Notes:

Locally-produced version of the British Sten gun; primary Canadian SMG of WWII

Sten Mk.III

Year:

1943 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

30in (76cm) Weight:

7.0lb (3.2kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Harold J. Turpin,

Reginald V. Shepherd

Manufacturer(s):

Long Branch Arsenal (Small Arms Ltd.) Notes:

As above

SAL Model 2

Year:

1944

Cartridge:

9x19mm

Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A

Magazine:

50 rounds

Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Anton Roscziszewski

Manufacturer(s):

Small Arms Ltd.

Notes:

Modified Sten Mk.II with rotary magazine and two-stage trigger



SAL XP54 Year:

1947 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25.3in (64cm) Weight:

7.10lb (3.22kg) Magazine:

28 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Anton Rosziszewski Manufacturer(s):

Small Arms Ltd. Notes:

Magazine inserted horizontally under length of the receiver

NAACO Borealis Year:

1948 Cartridge:

.45 NAACO Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

20 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Russell Sutherland

Robert Herman Manufacturer(s):

North American Arms Corporation Notes:

Full-auto conversion of NAACO Brigadier pistol with extended barrel and buttstock

Sterling L2A4 Year:

1954

Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

28.0in (71cm)

Weight:

6.0lb (2.7kg)

Magazine:

34 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designers(s):

George W. Patchett Manufacturer(s):

Sterling Armaments Corp. Notes:

Modified Sterling Mk.IV with spike bayonet; built as a prototype only

Sterling C1 Sterling C1 Year:

1958 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

27.0in (69cm) Weight:

6.5lb (2.9kg)

Magazine:

34 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designer(s):

George W. Patchett Manufacturer(s):

Canadian Arsenals Ltd. Notes:

Licensed copy of the Sterling Mk.IV, adopted by the Canadian Army in 1958

RCAF Sten RCAF Sten Year:

1964 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Canadian Arsenals Ltd. Notes:

Modified Sten Mk.II with spike bayonet and foregrip; intended for issue to Air Force

Douglas Recoilless Douglas Recoilless Year:

1969 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

50 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A

Designer(s):

Clifford N. Douglas Manufacturer(s):

N/A Notes:

Bullpup SMG with recoil-operated magazine feed and helical magazine

Denmark



Although a largely peaceful nation in the 20th century, Denmark maintained an arms industry that both supplied its own military and exported internationally. The first submachine gun produced in Denmark was a German design by Theodore Emil Bergmann, who contracted the firm of Schultz & Larsen in 1932 to produce his gun. It was adopted by the Danish Army and also sold to their neighbor Sweden. After World War II, the Danish Industry Syndicate began producing a line of new submachine guns offered in various models. The Model 50 was a relative success, but faced stiff competition from the Swedish Carl Gustav SMG.



Bergmann BMK-32

Year:

1932

Cartridge:

9x19mm

Length:

37.6in (95.5cm) Weight:

8.9lb (4.0kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

650rpm Designer(s):

Theodore E. Bergmann, Mr. Muler

Manufacturer(s):

Schultz & Larsen, Junker & Ruth AG Notes:

Designed in Germany and produced in Denmark under license

Lettet Forsogs

Lettet Forsogs Year:

1939 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

50 rounds Rate of Fire:

900rpm Designer(s):

C.J.V. Berg Manufacturer(s):

N/A (Probably DISA) Notes:

Lightened experimental variant of Finnish Suomi KP/31 SMG

Madsen Model 40

Madsen Model 40 Year:

1940 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

34.25in (87.0cm) Weight:

10.3lb (4.7kg)

Magazine:

50 rounds Rate of Fire:

900rpm Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Dansk Industri Syndikat Notes:

Danish licensed variant of the Finnish Suomi KP/31 SMG; also known as P2

Madsen Model 45 Madsen Model 45 Year:

1945 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.5in (80.1cm) Weight:

7.1lb (3.2kg) Magazine:

50 rounds Rate of Fire:

850rpm Designer(s):

Marius Gunnergaard-Poulsen Manufacturer(s):

Dansk Industri Syndikat Notes:

Also known as P16; fixed stock model also produced, known as P13 Hovea Model 49 Hovea Model 49

Year:

1949

Cartridge:

9x19mm

Length:

31.8in (81cm) Weight:

7.4lb (3.4kg) Magazine:

36 rounds

Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designer(s):

N/A

Manufacturer(s):

Haerens Vapenarsenalet Notes:

Originally a Swedish design, produced in Denmark under license

Madsen Model 50 Year:

1950 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.25in (79.3cm) Weight:

7.0lb (3.1kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Erik Saetter Manufacturer(s):

Dansk Industri Syndikat Notes:

Body constructed from stamped steel frame that hinges open Madsen Model 53 Year:

1952 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.5in (80cm) Weight:

7.0lb (3.1kg) Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Erik Saetter Manufacturer(s):

Dansk Industri Syndikat Notes:

Improved version of Model 50

France

Plans to introduce an SMG into French military service were not conceived until after World War I, with the development of the STA submachine gun in the mid-1920s. Although a promising weapon, it was cancelled after only a limited production span and the project fell through. It was not until the late 1930s that the French adopted an SMG proper, which came in the form of the unusual MAS-38. This was chambered for a proprietary 7.65mm cartridge which was widely felt to be underpowered and ineffective in comparison to the more popular 9x19mm round. By the time the Germans invaded in 1940, not enough of these guns had been produced or issued and the French Army was essentially without an SMG.

After the war, the French decided to adopt the 9x19mm cartridge like the rest of Europe and desired a new, domestically-made submachine gun. Three state factories were called upon to design these, and in the end it was the entrant from Tulle that won out. This gun, the MAT-49, was the standard French SMG until their adoption of the FAMAS assault rifle in the late 1970s.



STA 1924

Year:

1924

Cartridge:

9x19mm

Length:

32.8in (83cm)

Weight:

7.7lb (3.5kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne Notes:

Based on the Bergmann MP18

MAS-24

MAS-24 Year:

1924 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne Notes:

Utilized unusual slanted receiver and bolt guide ETVS

Year:

1933 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm Length:

26.4in (67cm) Weight:

13.1lb (5.95kg) Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Etablissement Technique de Versailles Notes:

Featured folding stock and magazine

MAS-35

MAS-35 Year:

1935 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm Length:

24.9in (63.2cm)

Weight:

6.38lb (2.8kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne Notes:

Prototype; later developed into MAS-38 SMG NO IMAGE AVAILABLE CEV Year:

1936 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Commission d'Experiences de Versailles Notes:

Prototype NO IMAGE AVAILABLE CEI Year:

1936 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Commission d'Experience de l'Infanterie Notes:

Prototype

Petter

Year:

1937 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm

Length:

25.4in (65cm) Weight:

14.1lb (6.39kg)

Magazine:

36 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

Charles G. Petter Manufacturer(s):

Societe Alsacienne de Constructions Mecaniques

Notes:

Featured folding stock and magazine, possibly first SMG to use L-shaped bolt

MAS-38 Year:

1938 Cartridge:

7.65x20mm Length:

24.9in (63.2cm) Weight:

6.4lb (2.90kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne Notes:

Adopted by the French Army in 1938

MAC-47 Year:

1947 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25in (63.5cm) Weight:

4.6lb (2.1kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

640rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault Notes:

Utilized unconventional torsion-delayed blowback system MAC-48 Year:

1948 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.5in (80cm) Weight:

7.6lb (3.44kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

475rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault Notes:

Derived from the Sten

MAC-48 L.S.

Year:

1948 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25.24in (64.1cm) Weight:

6.0lb (2.7kg) Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Chatellerault Notes:

Lightened and simplified version of MAC-48; taken into limited service



MAS-48 MAS-48 Year:

1948 Cartridge:

9x19mm

.30 Carbine Length:

25.5in (65cm) Weight:

6.6lb (3.0kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne Notes:

Featured L-shaped bolt and folding magazine, based on Petter design

MAT-49 MAT-49 Year:

1949 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

26in (66cm) Weight:

8.0lb (3.6kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm Designer(s):

Pierre Monteil Manufacturer(s):

Manufacture d'Armes de Tulle Notes:

Adopted by the French Army in 1950

Hotchkiss Model 11

Year:

1949 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

29.92in (76.0cm)

Weight:

7.28lb (3.3kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Hotchkiss et Cie Notes:

N/A

Hotchkiss Universal Year:

1949 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

30.6in (78cm)

Weight:

7.5lb (3.4kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Hotchkiss et Cie Notes:

Utilized folding magazine and stock

Gevarm Gevarm Year:

1950 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.2in (79cm) Weight:

8.0lb (3.6kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Gevelot Extrusion Notes:

Basic Sten clone, offered with retractable stock and fixed stock

MGD PM-9 MGD PM-9 Year:

1954 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25.5in (65cm)

Weight:

10.45lb (4.74lb) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

750rpm Designer(s):

Louis Bonnet de Camille Manufacturer(s):

Societe Pour l'Exploration des Brevets MGD Notes:

Utilized flywheel-delayed blowback mechanism; incorporated folding magazine and stock



Brandt Year:

1956 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

37.2in (94cm) Weight:

8.38lb (3.80kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Hotchkiss-Brandt Notes:

Utilized folding magazine

Brandt Model 304

Year:

1957 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

33.86in (86.0cm)

Weight:

7.05lb (3.2kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Hotchkiss-Brandt Notes:

Utilized folding magazine

Finland



Formerly part of the Russian Empire, Finland gained its independence in 1917 and was immedietly beset by both domestic struggles and the threat of invasion by the Soviets. As such, it built up its own military and arms industry. Finland was an early adopter of the submachine gun, importing and producing SIG-Bergmann SMGs in the 1920s. In 1931 the Finnish Defence Forces decided to adopt a domestic design by the talented engineer Aimo Lahti. This submachine gun, known as the "Suomi", was highly reputable and saw extensive use during the Winter War of 1939, where captured examples were studied by Soviet engineers.

The Suomi SMG remained in use during the Continuation War against the Soviet Union, but proved too expensive for Finland's struggling industrial base, so a cheap copy of the Russian PPS-42 SMG was introduced instead. After World War II, the Suomi remained in service, but by the time assault rifles were introduced to the Finnish Army, production of submachine guns ceased. In the 1990s, a Finnish-designed SMG known as the Jati-Matic briefly appeared, but was never made in great numbers.



SIG-Bergmann

Year:

1922

Cartridge:

7.65x21mm

Length:

32in (81.2cm) Weight:

9.0lb (4.0kg) Magazine:

50 rounds

Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser,

Gotthard End

Manufacturer(s):

Lindelof Konetehdas

Notes:

Local copy of SIG-Bergmann M1920



Lahti Model 1922 Lahti Model 1922 Year:

1922 Cartridge:

7.65x21mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Featured quick-change barrel; built as a prototype only

Lahti Model 1924

Year:

1924 Cartridge:

7.65x21mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

36 rounds Rate of Fire:

750rpm Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Built with dual magazine feed Lahti Model 1926 Lahti Model 1926 Year:

1926 Cartridge:

7.65x21mm,

9x25mm Length:

36.5in (93cm) Weight:

9.75lb (4.42kg)

Magazine:

36 rounds Rate of Fire:

750rpm Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Only produced in limited numbers

Suomi KP Model 1931 Suomi KP Model 1931 Year:

1932 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

34.25in (87cm)

Weight:

10.3lb (4.7kg) Magazine:

50 rounds

Rate of Fire:

900rpm Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Standard Finnish SMG of World War II

Suomi Model 1934

Suomi Model 1934 Year:

1934 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

10.0lb (4.7kg) Magazine:

30 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Top-loading SMG designed for commercial export

Lahti AL43 Lahti AL43 Year:

1943 Cartridge:

7.62x35mm Length:

39in (99cm)

Weight:

12lb (5.6kg) Magazine:

56 rounds Rate of Fire:

800rpm Designer(s):

Aimo Lahti Manufacturer(s):

Valtion Kivaaritehdas Notes:

Chambered for intermediate cartridges; technically an assault rifle but contemporaneously considered an SMG

KP Model 1944 KP Model 1944 Year:

1944 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

32.71in (83.1cm) Weight:

6.2lb (2.8kg)

Magazine:

50 rounds Rate of Fire:

650rpm Designer(s):

Willi Daugs Manufacturer(s):

Tikkakoski Oy Notes:

Copy of Russian PPS-43 SMG, modified to feed from Suomi magazines

Pelo

Year:

1956 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

15.40in (39.1cm) Weight:

5.60lb (2.54kg)

Magazine:

30 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Carl Pelo Manufacturer(s):

SAKO Notes:

Fed by fixed box magazine loaded with 30-round clips





Germany









Bergmann MP18.I

Year:

1918

Cartridge:

9x19mm

Length:

32.1 in (82 cm) Weight:

9.2 lb (4.2 kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser

Manufacturer(s):

Theodor Bergmann GmbH

Notes:

Adopted and fielded by the German Army in World War I



Walther

Year:

c.1918 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A

Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Fritz Walther Manufacturer(s):

Carl Walther GmbH Notes:

Experimental SMG fed by Lewis-type flat pan magazine NO IMAGE AVAILABLE Simson Year:

c.1918 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Simson & Co. Waffenfabrik Notes:

Converted from Gewehr 98 rifle

Schwarzlose

Year:

c.1918 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

80 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Andreas Schwarzlose

Manufacturer(s):

Andreas Schwarzlose GmbH Notes:

Fed by staggered 80-round box consisting of eight 10-round clips

Rheinmetall MP20 Year:

1920 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s);

Louis Stange Manufacturer(s):

Rheinmetall Notes:

Developed into the later Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 submachine gun

VMP

Year:

1925

Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

37.43in (95.1cm)

Weight:

9.92lb (4.5kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

600rpm

Designers(s):

Heinrich Vollmer Manufacturer(s):

Will & Kohler GmbH Notes:

Precursor to the later EMP submachine gun

Haenel MP28.II

Haenel MP28.II Year:

1928 Cartridge:

9x19mm,

.45 ACP Length:

32.0in (81cm)

Weight:

8.8lb (4.0kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser Manufacturer(s):

C.G. Haenel GmbH Notes:

Improved version of Bergmann MP18.I submachine gun with fire selector

Heinemann MP32 Heinemann MP32 Year:

1932 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

Karl Heinemann Manufacturer(s):

N/A Notes:

Utilized toggle-lock action; production rights later sold to FN Herstal

Mauser MP33

Mauser MP33 Year:

1933 Cartridge:

9x23mm Length:

33.0in (84cm)

Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH

Notes:

Possibly also offered in 9x19mm and 7.63x25mm

EMP

EMP Year:

1934 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

37.4in (95cm) Weight:

9.2lb (4.2kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Heinrich Vollmer,

Berthold Geipel Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke

Notes:

Developed from earlier VMP submachine gun; supplied to Spain in large numbers

BMP

BMP Year:

1934 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

37.6in (96cm)

Weight:

8.9lb (4.0kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Theodore E. Bergmann,

Herr Muler Manufacturer(s):

Carl Walther GmbH,

Junker & Ruh A.G. Notes:

Magazine feed located on right side of receiver; adopted by Waffen-SS during World War II

Schmeisser MK36.III

Year:

1936 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

44.5in (113cm)

Weight:

10.5lb (4.8kg)

Magazine:

30 rounds

Rate of Fire:

400rpm

Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser

Manufacturer(s):

C.G. Haenel GmbH Notes:

SMG disguised in a rifle stock; built as a prototype only

EMP 36

Year:

1936 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Heinrich Vollmer, Berthold Geipel Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Precursor of later MP38 SMG



Erma MP38

Year:

1938 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

32.8in (83cm) Weight:

9.0 (4.1kg) Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Heinrich Vollmer Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Compact, steel-built SMG intended for parachutists; adopted by Wehrmacht in 1938

Erma MP40

Year:

1940 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

32.8in (83cm) Weight:

8.9lb (4.0kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

Heinrich Vollmer Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Detail improvement of MP38 SMG; standard German SMG of WWII

Haenel MP41

Year:

1941 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

34.0in (86cm)

Weight:

8.2lb (3.7kg) Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Hugo Schmeisser Manufacturer(s):

C.G. Haenel GmbH Notes:

"Hybrid" model combining features of MP28.II and MP40 SMGs; adopted by Waffen-SS during WWII



FMP-1 Year:

c.1941 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

24.0in (61cm)

Weight:

7.39lb (3.35kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

N/A Notes:

Remotely-controlled turret gun derived from MP28.II action

EMP 44

Year:

1942 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

28.4in (72.0cm)

Weight:

8.0lb (3.6kg)

Magazine:

x2 32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Very basic SMG with dual magazine feed; only limited numbers made

Gerat Potsdam

Year:

1944 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

30.0in (76cm) Weight:

7.0lb (3.2kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds

Rate of Fire:

550rpm Designer(s):

Harold J. Turpin, Reginald V. Shepherd Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH Notes:

Straight copy of British Sten SMG

MP3008 Year:

1944 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.3in (80cm)

Weight:

6.5lb (2.9kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH,

Blohm & Voss,

various others Notes:

Copy of British Sten SMG with minor modifications Coenders

Year:

c.1944 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

N/A Rate of Fire:

1000rpm Designer(s):

August Coenders

Manufacturer(s):

N/A (Possibly Brno) Notes:

Belt-fed SMG; built as a prototype only

Dux Dux Year:

1951 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

32.5in (83cm)

Weight:

7.7lb (3.5kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

650rpm Designer(s):

Willi Daugs,

Ludwig Vorgrimmler Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH,

Sauer & Sohn,

J.G. Anshutz Notes:

Copy of Finnish KP/44 SMG

MGD PM-9

MGD PM-9 Year:

1954 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

25.5in (65cm)

Weight:

5.6lb (2.5kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

32 rounds Designer(s):

Louis Bonnet de Camille Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

French-designed SMG sold to Erma in the mid-1950s

Erma MP56 Year:

1956 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

27.0in (69cm)

Weight:

7.0lb (3.2kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm

Designer(s):

Louis Bonnet de Camille Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

French-designed SMG sold to Erma

Mauser MP57 Year:

1957 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

24.0in (61cm)

Weight:

7.0lb (3.2kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

800rpm Designer(s):

Louis Bonnet de Camille Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH Notes:

French-designed SMG sold to Mauser; same design as the Erma MP56

Erma SMART Year:

1958 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

N/A Weight:

N/A Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

N/A Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Featured muzzle device to fire anti-tank grenades

Erma MP58 Year:

1958 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

27.6in (70cm)

Weight:

6.6lb (3.0kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

670rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Basic SMG patterned after MP40; made as a prototype only

Erma MP59 Year:

1959 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

28.8in (73cm)

Weight:

7.0lb (3.2kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

620rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Featured hydraulic buffer spring; made as a prototype only

Erma MP60

Year:

1960 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

31.1in (79cm)

Weight:

7.3lb (3.3kg)

Magazine:

36 rounds Rate of Fire:

500rpm

Designer(s):

Josef Eder Manufacturer(s):

ERMA Werke Notes:

Used twin return springs; MP61 and MP64 prototypes also made

Mauser MP60 Year:

1960 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

30.3in (77cm)

Weight:

5.5lb (2.5kg) Magazine:

36 rounds Rate of Fire:

750rpm

Designer(s):

Ludwig Vorgrimmler,

Herr Kimmick Manufacturer(s):

Mauser GmbH Notes:

Featured muzzle device to fire anti-tank grenades

Walther MP

Walther MP Year:

1963 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

MPL:

29.4in (75cm)

MPK:

26.0in (66cm)

Weight:

MPL:

6.6lb (3.0kg)

MPK:

6.3lb (2.9kg)

Magazine:

32 rounds Rate of Fire:

550rpm

Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Carl Walther GmbH Notes:

Utilized L-shaped bolt, very similar to Franchi LF-57 SMG

Heckler & Koch MP54 Year:

1966 Cartridge:

9x19mm Length:

26.0in (66cm) Weight:

6.7lb (3.0kg) Magazine:

30 rounds Rate of Fire:

650rpm Designer(s):

N/A Manufacturer(s):

Heckler & Koch GmbH Notes:

Adopted by West German police as the MP5



