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}}The '''Minimi''' (short for French: ''Mini Mitrailleuse''; “mini machine gun”) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[ ...f the firearm and indicates the weapon is ready to fire. The black polymer pistol grip was initially copied directly from the [[FN FAL|FAL]] and FNC rifles,

...onjunction with the [[5.7x28mm]] cartridge. FN's goal was to replace the [[pistol]]-caliber submachine guns which were in use at the time by military and law ... allowed it to be used more conveniently in the 5.7x28mm [[FN Five-seven]] pistol, which was under development at that time.<ref name="gunzonetimeline1990">[

...ntains the barrel, carry handle with integrated sights, trigger group with pistol grip, handguard and magazine socket. ...ries, such as a UTL halogen flashlight from the [[Heckler & Koch USP|USP]] pistol. The carbine’s barrel lacks the capability to launch rifle grenades and i

...ers and [[mortar]] crews) found the full-size rifles too cumbersome, and [[pistol]]s and [[revolver]]s to be insufficiently accurate or powerful. Submachine ...d that a new weapon was needed for these other roles. While the range of a pistol is about 50 yards and the range of existing rifles was several hundred yard

...nition used is intended for use in [[side arm]]s (chiefly [[semi-automatic pistol]]s) or rifles; the difference between machine guns and autocannons is based ...ly automatic firearms using pistol-caliber ammunition are called [[machine pistol]]s or submachine guns largely on the basis of size. [[Selective fire]] rifl

...he SPAD XIII types used twin synchronised Vickers, as did most British and French fighters between 1918 and the mid 1930s. In the air, the heavy water coolin ... was obsolete in [[1944]]. Firing either single shot or automatic it had a pistol type trigger grip rather than the [[spade grip|spades]] of the 0.303.

...th various African armies, guerrilla forces, and even a few members of the French Foreign Legion in Chad.<ref>Pikula, Sam (Major), ''The ArmaLite AR-10'', p. ...s an in-line stock, an aluminum alloy receiver and a reinforced fiberglass pistol grip, handguard, and buttstock. While mostly an original design, the AR-10

|type= [[pistol]] |used_by= French Resistance, US Air Force

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...]], [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by American firearms