These are all pretty hard choices for me. Logic dictates that I should've chosen something more modern, like the MP5 or MP7. However, there's nothing cooler than a Thompson Sub Machine gun! .45ACP slugs at around 600-800 rpm. How cool is that? Yeah, it tends to spray a lot. So, just start out at the kneecaps and work your way up.
I had the same thoughts. It makes more sense to get a modern gun but there's just something about the classic guns. I really like the PPSH-41. 1200-1400 rounds per minute of tokarev .30, most were equipped with drum mags, and the SMG has almost no recoil.
I will choose the Maschinenpistole 40. It was incredibly reliable, lightweight, very easy to carry, and very controllable when fired fully-automatic. Although the Thompson (my #2 choice) came in the more powerful round, it was heavy (especially buttstock heavy) and climbed rapidly when fired automatic. The MP-40 has and deserves a lot of respect, as do most others on the list, but it wins with me on aesthetics as well as performance; so it got my vote.
The PPSH-41 and PPSH-43 were great rifles, and the 43 with it's 72 round drum was just amazing! I wouldn't want to kick in a door and see someone with a PPSH-43 there waiting to greet me, that's for sure! I hear the muzzle flash on them was amazing though, almost blinding.
Machine guns keep firing until you release the trigger or run out of ammo, what makes it a "sub" machine gun?
Is that when they fire a set number of rounds with each trigger pull?
It looks to me like all the guns listed are machine guns.
Machine guns keep firing until you release the trigger or run out of ammo, what makes it a "sub" machine gun?
Is that when they fire a set number of rounds with each trigger pull?
It looks to me like all the guns listed are machine guns.
well i would say the thompson is king but with the list up there , they're all great sub guns in there own way.
but there is one you didnt list, the sten mk 5 and it's both a rifle and sub gun, it's got a switch to go from sub gun to rifle and it was set on sights out to a 100m but could fire up to 200m with some accuracy.
to be real, there is too many new or old design sub guns to list that are or could be fun to shoot so i really can't say which one i would like to have....
well i would say the thompson is king but with the list up there , they're all great sub guns in there own way.
but there is one you didnt list, the sten mk 5 and it's both a rifle and sub gun, it's got a switch to go from sub gun to rifle and it was set on sights out to a 100m but could fire up to 200m with some accuracy.
to be real, there is too many new or old design sub guns to list that are or could be fun to shoot so i really can't say which one i would like to have....
For a modern SHTF sub machine gun the MP5 gets my vote....for collectible cool factor its a close race between the MP40,Thompson and the PPSH....love em all........the M2 paratrooper carbine is probably also worth a mention.
The small town PD I serve has possession of two original Thompson SMGs, both of which are full auto. They've been in the armory for decades; heck, they'd been there for ages when I was hired in 1990. Both are fully functional, and who knows what they'd be worth. I hope to get the chance to empty a canister or two before I retire.....
Would that be the M2 (.50 cal) at the commander's hatch or the M240 (7.62 NATO) at the loader's hatch? Of course, neither of those could be classified as a SMG - not even close - but I'd pick the M2, even though I'd have to take it to Eastern Oregon to shoot it (legally). I'm sure that I could justify it for home (or neighborhood) defense.
There are a lot of great guns on that list, but the SMG I've wanted since I was a kid reading Sgt. Rock comic books (am I dating myself?) is the M1928A. It is without a doubt heavier, but it is cool!
I've fired the MP5 and Uzi - both very good, reliable SMG's, but they lack the panache of a Thompson M1928A. If I had to take one of them into combat, I'd probably take the MP5; it's lighter and I can carry more rounds for the same weight. And the PPSh-41 has a certain appeal, especially when it comes to the number of round downrange in a second. But for my choice from the Gun Fairy, I'd ask for the Thompson M1928A.
There are a lot of great guns on that list, but the SMG I've wanted since I was a kid reading Sgt. Rock comic books (am I dating myself?) is the M1928A. It is without a doubt heavier, but it is cool!...
I have owned a semi auto uzi and a semi auto hk 94. sob had to sell both in 1990 due to NJ gun ban. I loved the fell of the uzi over the HK. I still own a Thompson semiauto accurate but heavy.
A Thompson is heavy as hell, and the rate of fire varied depending on the model. Early Thompson SMGs had a 1200 rpm cyclic rate, and over the years and various models it decreased to 850 rpm, 720 rpm and 600 rpm in the final M1 and M1A1 models. 600 rpm in an M1 is a lot more controllable than 1200 rpm in a 1921.
The Uzi is 3 pounds lighter with the same 600 rpm cyclic rate, but in 9mm, so it's lighter, compact, controllable but not quite as hard hitting.
The HK MP5 however is just plain sweet. The cyclic rate is a little higher, but the ergonomics are better, it's lighter, very well designed and the MP5SD3 offers a great all round capability in terms of a compact tele-stock and great sights in a design that works well in close quarters or at 100 yards. And it has an integrated suppressor.
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