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...round with a single manipulation of the [[trigger|firing device]] to be a "machine gun" for regulatory purposes. Other terms, including "firearm" itself, hav
... chamber in the cylinder is loaded with a single cartridge. Semi-automatic pistols have a single fixed firing chamber machined into the rear of the barrel, an
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...[M1917 Browning machine gun|M1917]]/[[M1919 Browning machine gun|M1919]] [[machine gun]]s. This left the Army without the lighter, handier rifle it had wanted
...n"]], a submachine gun like the Thompson was also much more expensive than pistols and most rifles of the period. The .30-06 Garand, then entering service, wa
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...is article is about full auto or burst-capable pistols. For semi-automatic pistols, see [[Semi-automatic pistol]].''
...ng 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.
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...hot-pistol (a pistol designed to fire a standard shotgun shell).<ref> Such pistols, like sawed-off or short-barrelled shotguns, are illegal for private citize
...orced landing or accident in a wilderness area. Variants have been used by Israeli, Canadian, and American armed forces. Shotgun/rifle [[combination gun]]s w
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|name= Carbine, Machine, Sten
|wars= World War II, Korean War, Mau Mau Uprising, Suez Crisis, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Sino-Indian War, Vietnam War, Indo-Pakistan Wars, Border Campaign (IRA
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|type= [[submachine gun]] / [[machine pistol]]
... of [[submachine gun]]s. Smaller variants are more accurately considered [[machine pistol]]s.
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... rounded nose of its bullet led some to believe it was designed for use in pistols.
The M1 Carbine was issued to infantry officers, machine gun, artillery and tank crews, paratroopers and other line-of-communication
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...the [[United Kingdom|British]] program to replace the service pistols, sub-machine guns, and rifles. In the two forms of the EM-1 and the [[EM-2]], the new r
...y about the importance of light-weight, high accuracy, and small size, the Israeli military maintained its cutting-edge by developing a bullpup rifle—the [[
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