History GunsOfFiction / SubmachineGuns

The [=MP7=], unlike most submachine guns, is gas-operated, using a scaled-down version of the G36's action modified with a rear-set charging handle in the style of the AR-15. It has a retractable stock and either a foldable (original, A1) or removable (A2) foregrip. These can be adjusted to different firing 'stances': 'Pistol' (folded/removed grip, retracted stock, fired in semi-auto), 'Machine-pistol' (deployed grip, retracted stock & semi-auto) and 'PDW' (deployed grip, extended stock & full-auto). 20-, 30- and 40-round extended magazines exist for the weapon, but the 40-round one is by far the most commonly seen, with the flush-fitting 20-round ones a somewhat distant second and 30-round ones almost nonexistent - most games, in particular, will sooner model a 40-round magazine that's apparently downloaded to 30 rounds (or model a 20-rounder that [[BottomlessMagazines somehow holds more than 20 rounds]]) than they will realize there actually ''is'' a 30-round magazine.

* A prototype version with some features from the production [=MP7=] (namely, the full-length top rail and slightly extended barrel) is used by Metrocops and the Rebels in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', fitted with a tiny under-barrel grenade launcher. Interestingly, it ''is'' actually possible to attach a grenade launcher to the [=MP7=]; it would, however, noticeably protrude beyond the end of the weapon's barrel, while the in-game weapon's grenade launcher is just a second regular barrel copy-pasted below the first one.

* Jerry Irish in ''ComicBook/ButtonMan'' carries one as his WeaponOfChoice in the four against one match at the end of ''The Killing Game''. Harry takes it from him when he kills him and uses it to take out [[BadassPreacher The Preacher]] after the Preacher gets the drop on Carl.

* After it was introduced a couple seasons in, the P90 became the standard-issue weapon and WeaponOfChoice for SG Teams in ''Series/StargateSG1'' for much of the remainder of the series (everyone in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' used it too). In-universe, the USAF commissioned Fabrique Nationale to design and manufacture the gun specifically for alien fighting, since [[{{Mooks}} Jaffa]] almost always wear armor. In real life, the switch was made because a scene required actors to stand side-by-side firing their weapons, and the P90, ejecting its spent cases downwards behind the shooter's arm, was much safer for this purpose than the prior standard [=MP5=], ejecting its spent cases out into the face of the guy standing to the right (and with greater force than most comparable weapons). This didn't stop one extra from holding the weapon with his support hand right under the ejection port in one [[Recap/StargateSG1S10E12LineInTheSand episode]], however.

* Sort of appears in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'', where the "Seburo CZN-M22", a fictional weapon inspired by both the P90 and the FN F2000, is the WeaponOfChoice for [[ActionGirl Major Kusanagi]]. Creator/ShirowMasamune seems to really like the aesthetic of the P90, as he's designed multiple rifles, [=SMGs=]/[=PDWs=] and even a pistol that are in part inspired by it.

* In spite of the [[GunNut many other guns he owns]], this appear to be Mike's WeaponOfChoice in ''Series/{{Spaced}}'', as it's the gun he uses most. He's fond of firing them GunsAkimbo.

* ''Series/LoveHate'' has [[DarkActionGirl Lizzie]] carry an [=MP5k=] as her WeaponOfChoice in series 4. Wayne, while holding onto it for her, uses it to [[ThatPoorCat perforate a stray cat]].

* Appears in ''VideoGame/BrothersInArms'' from ''Earned in Blood'' onward, serving as the WeaponOfChoice for Cpl. Paddock, Red's Assault Team Leader, and Pvt. Franky Laroche, one of Baker's assault team members. [[spoiler:Baker ends up temporarily taking and using the latter's weapon after Franky is killed in Eindhoven.]]

* Appears in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' as the [[AKA47 BAS-P]]. In the campaign, it is Alejandro Vargas's WeaponOfChoice. This later became added to multiplayer on Season 1.

** ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' has both M1928 and [=M1A1=] varieties appear, the former being Joe's WeaponOfChoice, and one particular scene having several being used to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill completely annihilate]] a bar frequented by the resident {{Greaser Delinquent|s}}. The [=M1A1=] only appears in the hands of one of the paratroopers from the first level and the police start using them at the highest wanted level.

* Appears in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' as the [[AKA47 BAS-P]]. In the campaing, it is Alejandro Vargas's WeaponOfChoice.

* [[GuideDangIt If he takes the right path,]] Henry from ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' can temporarily get his hands on an M1921 Tommy Gun in Chapter Three, which has an 18-round drum, lightly stuns everything but [[ImplacableMan "Bendy"]], and can kill The Projectionist in 16 shots. It's a GameBreaker in comparison to all of Henry's other weapons, which consist of things like a [[AnAxeToGrind Fire-Axe]], a [[WrenchWhack Pipe Wrench]], a [[PipePain Random Pipe]] that [[{{Sidekick}} Boris]] found laying around somewhere, a [[PlayingWithSyringes Syringe]], and a ''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Toilet Plunger]]''.

* The default PDW for the Engineer of all 3 factions in ''VideoGame/Battlefield4'' is the [=Mx4=], and it was later added to ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline'' in the Betrayal DLC.

* The [=Mx4=] is usable in the console version of ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Advanced Warfighter 2'', mislabeled as the [=Cx4=] and mistakenly chambered in 4.6x30mm. It comes with a reflex sight and Marine camouflage by default, and can be equipped with a grenade launcher or suppressor.

* A tan-colored [=Mx4=] was added to ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' with Operation Para Bellum, used as a primary weapon by the Italian GIS Operator Alibi. The built-in top Picatinny rail is replaced with a smaller rail-mounted one in-game, and it has a flip-up rear sight instead of the [=Mx4=]'s standard rear iron sight.
* The Guardsman AR skin for the Burst Rifle in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' is a [=Cx4=] with a grey finish, front foregrip and flip-up sights.

The Germans, especially the Waffen-SS and the Fallschirmjager paratroopers, also liked the weapon, judging it as heavy and large but reliable and well-made. In fact, they liked it so much they ''preferred to use them over their own [=MP40=]s''; especially notable given that, even with their usual proclivity for using captured arms, the Nazis were reluctant to admit anything but their own weapons as good. Imperial Japan also ordered 350 guns in 1941, and Beretta delivered 50 in 1942. The Allied side wouldn't bother with anything else if they could get a hold of and keep the MAB-38. It was so good, it was produced until 1961 when production was dropped in favor of the more compact Beretta [=M12=].

Near-universally considered ''the'' best firearm produced in Italy during World War 2 and ''the'' best submachine gun of the war of any side. A reason was its cartridge; using the more powerful Italian-loaded [=M38=] cartridge[[note]]Because its standard load was more powerful, the MAB could also chamber the weaker, German-standard 9x19mm at the cost of lower effective range and accuracy. However, trying to load the M38 cartridge into any other 9mm firearm, like the [=MP40=], would likely cause the weapon to ''explode'' due to the higher pressures involved[[/note]], the weapon boasted longer effective range than most other similar guns; up to 200 meters.[[note]]For context, assault rifles like the later [=StG-44=] have an effective range of 300 meters and most other similar 9x19mm submachine guns only have 100 meters at best[[/note]] The gun also boasted a very high build quality; earlier variants were skillfully crafted using high-quality materials, carefully machined and fine-tuned, and masterfully-finished, and even when steps were taken to ease production (in the later variants), sacrificing finish for speed, the weapon retained its high overall quality.

* Many, ''many'' films featuring Italian armed forces during World War 2 feature them using either the Carcano or this gun. Unfortunately, the Italians were the Luigi to the Germans' Mario- badass on their own, but very rarely (if ever) given the focus- so the [=MAB-38=] is noticeably overshadowed in media by the [=MP40=].

** Makes its debut in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' in the "Trial By Fire" chapter, the Beretta Model [=38A=].

-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/RainbowSix 3: Raven Shield''

* Appears in ''VideoGame/RainbowSix: Rogue Spear - Black Thorn'' as the 9mm M12 SMG, with a 40 round magazine. It returns with a more proper magazine capacity in ''Raven Shield''. As of the Operation Skull Rain update, it's back for ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'', used by the BOPE defender Caveira.
* The Croatian Agram 2000 variant appears in ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and ''[[VideoGame/FarCry4 4]]'' as the A2000. Beats out the Skorpion in accuracy and attachment options (it can take two attachments at once, though extended mags aren't an option like on the Skorpion), and is the secondary weapon of snipers among Vaas' pirates in ''3'' and the Royal Army in ''4''.

[[folder:Bergmann [=MP18=] and similar]]

[[caption-width-right:250: Top: Lanchester Mk I, Bottom: Steyr-Solothurn [=MP34=]]]
Literately [[UrExample the weapon that started it all]]. Developed by Theodor Bergmann and Hugo Schmeisser during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the [=MP18=] was designed to give soldiers an automatic weapon effective in close-quarters trench warfare, and saw combat in the final days of the war in the hands of German stormtroopers. The weapon proved effective in its role; in fact, it's often believed that production was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. This actually wasn't true, and production continued well into [[TheRoaringTwenties the 1920s]]. In fact, it saw use all the way through UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.

The weapon continued to be developed in the interwar period, resulting in the improved [=MP28=], which was copied by the British during WWII as the Lanchester submachine gun. The lion's share of captured [=MP18=]s fell into French hands, who were so appreciative of the design that they made 20 and 32-round box magazines for it, issued the guns to reserve units and police in small numbers. A Swiss variant chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser, the SIG [=M1920=], alongside locally-produced [=MP18=]s converted to fire 7.63mm rounds, were used by both Chinese warlord armies and Kuomintang forces during the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, until they switched to the Thompson in the later years of the war and the Chinese Civil War. Captured warlord and KMT [=MP18s=] were also used by the Communists. As Nazi Germany militarized during the 1930s, the Steyr-Solothurn [=MP34=] was produced and was supplied to Imperial Japan, forming the basis for their Nambu Type 100 submachine gun, as well as seeing use by the SS and German troops. The [=MP28=] also saw frequent use by the Nationalists in the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and the Republicans also manufactured their own copies, nicknamed "Naranjeros", which were shorter than the original [=MP28=].

The [=MP18=] fires from an open bolt, in full-automatic mode only (the later [=MP28=] adds a fire selector). It was originally designed to use 20-round box magazines, but the German general staff insisted that the gun be fed from 32-round snail drum magazines also used by the Luger. In the field, the drum proved to be so cumbersome that ''another soldier'' had to be present solely to carry spare magazines, essentially turning the submachine gun into a crew-served weapon. After the war, the drum was replaced by the original 20-round magazine, with 30 and even 50-round box magazines being developed in the 1920s and 30s. The open bolt design made the gun vulnerable to accidental discharge if the stock was struck hard enough, especially because soldiers tended to leave the bolt in forward position to keep dirt and debris out of the barrel and chamber (the [=MP28=] added a bolt-locking safety). Compared to later submachine guns, the [=MP18=] was ''heavy'', weighing almost 5 kg (11 lbs) fully loaded.

* '''Cool Action:''' Like with the Sten, the [=MP18=] could also be gripped by its horizontal magazine, though this increases the likelihood of jams. The distinct 32-round snail drum magazine that it shares with the Luger could also count as a '''Cool Accessory'''.

* A Schmeisser [=MP28=] is used by Kazim during the boat chase in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''.
* The Steyr-Solothurn [=MP34=] shows up in ''VideoGame/FarCry4''. Befitting [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece how old the weapon is]] compared to everything carried over from ''VideoGame/FarCry3'', it doesn't get any attachments in singleplayer (despite the presence of a modern rail system). Tearing down a single one of Pagan Min's propaganda posters unlocks a Signature variant called the "Stormer", which ''does'' get a reflex sight among other improvements. It returned for ''VideoGame/FarCry5'' after one of its "Live Events", looking and performing mostly the same as in ''4'' other than the fact that you can attach things to it now, and the top rail is only present on the model when you do put an optic on it.
* The "Triple R" Machine Gun from ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock Infinite}}'' resembles the [=MP18=] but with an enlarged barrel shroud which becomes very hot during firing ([[FridgeLogic for some reason]]), forcing Booker to grip the magazine instead. The Vox Repeater variant has an even greater resemblance as it has a similarly shaped magazine to the [=MP18=]'s snail drum magazine.
* The MP-18 appears as a usable SMG for the Assault class in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 1}}'', in both a vanilla variant and some variants even sporting attachments. Like with Bioshock Infinite, the player grips the magazine of the weapon. ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV'' features the MP-28 and [=MP34=] as available weapons as well.

This 9x19mm Swedish submachine gun was developed during the mid [=1940s=], taking design elements from the Sten, MP-40, [=PPSh=]-41 and PPS-43. Like the Sten, it was simple to manufacture, and had the same [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns tendency to go off if mishandled]] as well as an unusual safety. Unlike the Sten, though, it was surprisingly hardy and could hold up well in desert or tropical conditions. It was chambered in 9x19mm m/39, a Swedish variant of the regular 9mm Parabellum, designed for higher penetration through body armor at the cost of more wear on the barrel.

Sweden stopped issuing the Carl Gustav as standard in TheSixties, but kept the guns in reserve as late as 2007. American Navy [=SEALs=] used them during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, as they could be fired soon after being submerged in water [[note]] They liked it so much, in fact, when Sweden stopped selling firearms to the US as a protest against the Vietnam War, Smith & Wesson ''copied the gun without permission'' to fill the gap; this copy was the Smith & Wesson M76 that saw little use in Vietnam (by the time it was ready, the [=SEALs=] had moved on to more modern weaponry) but was massively popular in 70s cinema[[/note]]. It was also extensively used by Irish peacekeepers from TheSixties up until TheEighties until the Steyr AUG supplanted both it and the FN FAL. Interestingly, most variations of the weapon lack a fire selector, being locked to full-auto only.

* The m/45 is usable in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldHardline''. In the open beta, it was a Criminal-exlusive gun, but was given to Law Enforcement in the final game. Its inclusion in this game is odd, as the m/45 is not known for use by American law enforcement, and it isn't typically seen as a criminal weapon. It's likely [[CreatorProvincialism just a reminder]] that Creator/{{DICE}} is a Swedish company.
* Appear in the vietnam-themed DLC ''S.O.G Praire Fire'' for [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA III]] in the hands of MACV-SOG operators.

* The QCQ-05 is unlockable in ''VideoGame/RainbowSix: Vegas 2'' as the Type 05, one of the new submachine guns in the game and the second-to-last one unlocked with CQB points. It is one of the best submachine guns in the game, tied with the P90 as the highest-capacity SMG with 50 rounds, being relatively quick to reload, packing a good punch, and being very accurate and having low recoil when fired in burst mode, though the recoil in full-auto mode can be problematic, especially when using the iron sights. As of the "Operation Blood Orchid" season, it's back for ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' in its JS 9mm variant, going as the [[AKA47 "T-5 SMG"]] as a primary weapon for the Hong Kong SDU Operator, Lesion.

* The JS 9mm was added to ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier'' as the Type 05 in the Arctic Strike DLC, a new SMG for Team Bodark. It originally had incorrect 20-round magazines, but was corrected to the proper 30-round magazines in a patch. The stock and front grip of the weapon also cannot be modified, and it is unable to use dual magazines.

* The EVO appears in ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier''. Despite using 30-round magazines, it only holds 20 rounds in-game. In ''VideoGame/GhostReconWildlands'', a customized EVO is available for free to players who are members of the Ubisoft Club and own a copy of ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege''. It can also be bought in-game.

In practice, the concept of a PDW has fallen short, as many of them require proprietary ammunition, and are not significantly cheaper than standard assault rifles, along with debate over the stopping power of the [=PDWs'=] small-caliber rounds. While the P90 didn't attract much military interest in the end, it's gotten a fair amount of usage with special forces, police SWAT units and VIP bodyguards.

* '''Cool Design''': Video games love it because its shape makes it easy to model and as instantly-recognizable as other famous guns like the Desert Eagle, but particularly in older games the designers may have some rather odd ideas about how the P90 actually works; game P90s often eject from the wrong area and in the wrong direction, and a fairly common mistake is showing the carrying handle as hinged at the front, popping up so the magazine can be inserted into it and then swung back down. Very few depictions accurately depict its magazine (which is translucent so remaining rounds can be counted easily) visibly depleting as the gun is fired.
* Practically every second gun that features in the futuristic settings of ''Series/DoctorWho'' is a P90 (regardless of time period), usually with extra bits attached to make it look more interesting. In "The Time of the Angels" / "Flesh and Stone", they're beige, have longer stocks, and the front rail is replaced with a flashlight, making them one of the more authentic-looking of the recent sci-fi guns. The H&K G36 being a close second.
* There's quite a few in the James Bond game ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997'', known as the RC-P90. It's one of the fastest-firing submachine guns in the game and has the highest magazine capacity, at eighty rounds (a mistake, since they entered its intended mag size of 50 in hexadecimal, which came out as 80). And it can shoot through steel doors. And on the Train level, you can [[GunsAkimbo dual wield them]] for insane amounts of [[MoreDakka dakka]]. It shows up in a more realistic fashion in [[VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii the 2010 remake]] as the "Vargen FH-7.", but it's still one of the best submachine guns available for the high capacity (50 rounds, which can be extended to 63 with High Cap Mag), good power, range, very fast rate of fire and very low recoil.

* Along with the original ''Goldeneye'' version unlockable, an upgraded RC-P90 appears in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'', here called the RCP-120, which has a 120 round magazine and can also generate a cloaking field. ''Zero'' also features the weapon, once again under the RCP-90 name, though with slightly reduced mag capacity (40 rounds) and different secondary modes (a threat detector that makes the weapon less accurate but highlights enemies, and a reprogram function to turn automated defenses [[HoistByHisOwnPetard against their owners]]).

** A few enemy troops use this weapon in ''Call of Duty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', and it's available in multiplayer (some call it the "easy button"). It appears again in ''Modern Warfare 2'' and ''3''.
** ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops II]]'', on the other hand, features a rather ''Ghost in the Shell''-ish "futurised" version called the PDW-57. It basically looks like a smaller, sleeker P90, though its fire rate is more restrained compared to previous games, perhaps due to the aforementioned "easy button" complaints. A specific differentiation of the weapon is the magazine swings out from the top rather than being pushed onto the receiver.

* After it was introduced a couple seasons in, the P90 became the standard-issue weapon and WeaponOfChoice for SG Teams in ''Series/StargateSG1'' for much of the remainder of the series (everyone in ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' used it too). In-universe, the USAF commissioned Fabrique Nationale to design and manufacture the gun specifically for alien fighting, since [[{{Mooks}} Jaffa]] almost always wear armor. In real life, the switch was made because a scene required actors to stand side-by-side firing their weapons, and the P90, ejecting its spent cases downwards behind the shooter's arm, was much safer for this purpose than the prior standard [=MP5=], ejecting its spent cases out into the face of the guy standing to the right.
* The P90 is the standard issue weapon amongst the Arsenal Tengu troopers in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'', though it also sees some use by Solidus; it gets some rather weird focus when he starts ''[[GunTwirling twirling it by the thumbstock]]'' (though at least he's not likely to [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally fire]] this particular weapon with that stunt). The P90 is also the weapon of choice for the FROGS[=/=]Haven Troopers in ''[=MGS4=]'', and is probably the best and most versatile submachine gun in the game that doesn't require unlocking, between the high capacity (only the belt-fed machine guns and one other SMG beat its 50 rounds), easily-acquired ammo ([=FROGs=] are fought at least once per act, and ''all'' of them have at least [[UniversalAmmunition something in 5.7mm]] on them), and compatibility with a wide variety of attachments (particularly being one of only two [=SMGs=] that can be silenced, next to the integrally-suppressed [=MP5SD=]).

* Rei Fukai uses one in episode three of ''Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze''. FAF security personnel also have them in the final episode of the OVA. It's an anime-original addition: the first novel was written from 1979-1984, years before the P90 was released, and it details that Rei's survival kit has a .221 caliber submachine gun in it without naming any brands (the P90's 5.7mm round has a .224 bullet diameter). Ironically, the only .221 caliber cartridge that was ever produced in numbers, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.221_Remington_Fireball .221 Remington Fireball]], has in actuality a .224 bullet diameter, the same as the 5.7mm cartridge.

* You can get this in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' by giving Wayne 300 Junk and asking him for a machine gun.

* It's LLENN's weapon in ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', being one of the few powerful weapons that her [[FragileSpeedster tiny avatar]] can use effectively. Like all her other equipment, hers is painted all-pink, contributing to her nickname of [[RedBaron "Pink Devil"]].

* The P90 TR with a red dot sight appears in ''VideoGame/KillingFloor2'' as one of the SWAT perk's tier 3 weapons, marking it as the first non-fictional SMG in the SWAT's arsenal that isn't borrowed from the original game's [[CombatMedic Field Medic]]. Surprisingly, it has a slightly slower rate of fire compared to the lower tiered [=MP7=] and [=MP5=], coupled with a somewhat lengthy reload time, but it compensates for this by dealing higher base damage and having the largest magazine size of all the SWAT's weapons, maxing out at a [[MoreDakka whopping 100 rounds]] when level 25 is reached.

* The P90 appears in ''VideoGame/FarCry1'' as the first [=SMG=] the player gets. It's the [[MoreDakka fastest firing weapon]] in the game and is a much better choice than the later [=MP5=], due to the former's ability to punch through armor and being able to kill the [[DemonicSpiders monkey Trigens]] quicker before they get to the player.

Essentially a miniaturised G3 (the mechanisms are identical), the 9x19mm [=MP5=] was a popular weapon amongst police and counter-terrorism forces pretty much the world over from [[TheSixties the '60s]] to [[TheNineties the '90s]] and remains one of the most iconic weapons of its type; in particular, the [=MP5's=] media badassery was established when the British SAS used them to break the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980, and the event almost certainly inspired its wide usage among SWAT teams and counter-terrorist units around the world after that point.

* '''Cool Action:''' The "HK Slap," where the cocking handle is struck down and forward to chamber a round. Many movies add a huge ka-chack sound effect and turn it into a full-on Karate chop. The slap can actually be performed on most G3 derivatives, but is far more commonly associated with the [=MP5=], it being by far the most well-known G3 derivative. Unlike most of the "Cool Actions" on this list of guns, the "HK Slap" is actually a legitimate and even [[http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hk-nfa-talk/74403-hk-slap.html recommended]] way to charge the weapon (in addition, the [=MP5=]'s design doesn't allow it to be easily loaded with a 30-round magazine if one round is in the chamber; the handle must be locked back and the magazine inserted and then slapped into battery for best results).
* In Film/TheMatrix, Neo performs maybe the most famous example of the "HK Slap" in cinema on an [=MP5K=] just as he and Trinity are loading up to rescue Morpheus.

* Commonly seen in Creator/PierceBrosnan's ''Film/JamesBond'' movies (except ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''). Especially ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' where it is the favourite weapon of Carver's mooks who use at least 3 versions of the weapon.

** Hans Gruber's men use them in ''Film/DieHard'', though their [=MP5=]s are technically chopped and converted civilian [=HK94=]s. John makes use of one at various points. More usefully, it [[UniversalAmmo shares ammunition for his Beretta]], of which he only starts off with one magazine for.

* The default loadout for Team Rainbow in the early ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' games is one of the suppressed models. Being based on the SAS who made the firearm famous, they have at least one version of every major variant, from the shortened [=MP5K=] to the larger-caliber [=MP5/10=], and the integrally-suppressed [=MP5SD=]. [[Literature/RainbowSix The novel]] took the time to arm the team with the [=MP5/10=] in 10mm Auto (simply referred to after the second chapter with the incorrect designation of [="MP10"=], which was a proposed name for the model at the time of writing but was ultimately not adopted), though later novels to feature Team Rainbow gave them the original 9mm versions.
* Appears in the first ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' game as, oddly enough, the standard weapon of the marines. It'll pretty much be Gordon's mainstay until the end of the game, being pathetically inaccurate and even weaker per-shot compared to the Glock but having more raw firepower between the 50-round magazine and its underbarrel grenade launcher (the HD Pack replaces it with the Colt M727, a more sensible weapon for the soldiers to be carrying). ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' re-tools it to have a 30-shot mag, far better accuracy and the exact same firepower per bullet as the Glock, with the tradeoff that it has a two-stage trigger and no semi-auto mode,[[labelnote:*]]a quick tap of the Fire button is a 3-round burst, holding it fires the gun in full auto[[/labelnote]] so barring brief [[GoodBadBugs glitches]] you can't fire less than three rounds at once with it.

* Usable with a scope fitted in ''VideoGame/MaxPayne2TheFallOfMaxPayne''. The third game features the less-common .40 S&W variant.

* ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters: [[{{Recut}} Director's Cut]]'' has the [=MP5K=] as an alternative to the shotgun or Uzi. Being a survival horror game, [[AwesomeButImpractical there's little ammo for it]], and it's very easy to [[MoreDakka waste away all that ammo in a second]]. David uses the slap when reloading.
* Tends to be the most powerful and accurate submachine gun in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games, with the tradeoff that it handles more like a rifle than an SMG; for example, you either can't fire it while on the move, or only move very slowly while aiming, and GunsAkimbo is out of the question. Multiple variations are used in the games, and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' uses the Special Weapons [=MP10=] clone. Invariably, once you're at 5 wanted stars, FBI/NOOSE forces will pop up to chase you wielding the game's respective model. [[GottaCatchEmAll Spray over all the gang tags]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', and CJ's Grove Street homies will ditch the TEC-9 for these, dramatically increasing their firepower.

* The ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' games have the [=MP5=], though each exclusively have different versions of it: ''VideoGame/{{Call of Duty 4|ModernWarfare}}'' has the [=MP5A3=] (which has a Navy trigger group and becomes an [=SD3=] when mounted with a suppressor), ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2 Modern Warfare 2]]'' has the [=MP5K=], and ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3 Modern Warfare 3]]'' has an A2 with a railed handguard. ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]'' has the ultra-rare prototype version of the [=MP5K=], with the distinctive wooden foregrip that was deleted from the production model, while ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops II]]'''s flashback missions allow the player to use the A3 (which, once again, becomes the [=SD3=] with the suppressor attachment). The A3 variant also made its return in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' with certain attachment options to modify it into several other variants, such as the A2 (with the "Classic Straight-line" stock; it is also pre-attached with the "Admiral's Pride" blueprint variant, which bears a resemblance to a Turkish clone of the [=MP5A2=] with wooden furniture), SD (with the "Subsonic Integral Suppressor" barrel) or even rarer [=MP5/10=] (with 10mm Auto 30-Round Mags). It's back once again for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'', as part of the [[AKA47 "Lachmann Meer"]] weapon family, albeit this time modeled after a chopped and converted [=HK94=] rather than a proper [=MP5=].

* The [=MP5=] from ''Counter-Strike: Source'' is available as a secret weapon in the German version of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' (it can also be enabled on other versions using console commands or server mods). It has a lower rate of fire than the Uzi or MAC-10, but is more accurate than the Uzi, and deals just slightly less damage than the MAC.

* ''Film/RawDeal1986''. Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger takes on TheMafia with an HK 94 carbine (a civilian market [=MP5=] with extended barrel) modified for full auto and with a foregrip. The same modded carbine shows up in ''Film/RedHeat'' as well, though not in Schwarzenegger's hands this time. Arnold also wields one during the final raid on the Network in ''Film/TheRunningMan''.
* In the first ''VideoGame/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon'', the Sumak RPL is modeled off an [=MP5A3=] with more blocky and angular features (including a top rail to fit a red dot sight) which make it resemble the Special Weapons [=MP10=].

* An [=MP5A2=] appears in ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist'' as the "[[{{AKA47}} Compact-5]]", where it can be fitted with a heat shield handguard and taped-together straight mags. An [=MP5A4=] appears in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' under the same name, and can be modded to turn it into an [=MP5A5=], [=SD4=], [=SD5=], [=SD6=], [=MP5/10=], or [=MP5KA4=] minus the foregrip. As of update 97, it's also possible to [[GunsAkimbo use twin Compact-5s]], which don't get stocks but otherwise share the same sets of attachments as a singular one.

* Likewise common in the ''Franchise/FarCry'' series, showing up in every game in some form. The original and ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' feature the [=MP5SD=], though it's not treated as silenced in the former game. ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and ''[[VideoGame/FarCry4 4]]'' instead feature the Navy model with a short scope rail and a peculiar rear sight.

* The [=MP5K=] is the best all-around 9mm gun in ''VideoGame/{{Contagion}}''. It's stable and accurate when fired in semi-auto, can fire in full auto, has a burly 30-round magazine, and sports a tactical light. To make it even better, there are model replacement mods that replace the stock aperture iron sights for a holographic sight.

* ''VideoGame/{{Unturned}}'' features the [=MP5=] as the "[[AKA47 Viper]]" as a decent all-around SMG. Damage per bullet is weak against players and animals (zombies can be one-headshot by it easily), but the fire rate makes up for it and ammo is everywhere, as it's chambered for Civilian ammo.

Marketed as a competitor to the P90, the Heckler & Koch [=MP7=] is a personal defense weapon, firing a proprietary 4.6x30mm round designed to penetrate body armor at close range. Its small size makes it relatively easy to carry, allowing it to substitute for both pistols and submachine guns. Being shorter and lighter than the P90, the [=MP7=] can be holstered like a pistol when not in use, albeit a rather large pistol.

Originally designed as the the HK PDW, which was originally meant to be the kinetic energy component of the XM29 OICW. The [=MP7=] is in use with the German military and police (replacing both the Uzi in use with reserve units, and some stocks of the [=MP5=] that put the Uzi in reserve), and several other countries have begun to replace police stocks of [=MP5=] [=SMGs=] with the [=MP7=]. There has been much debate over the perceived low power of the 4.6x30mm round, which is unsurprising, as problems with stopping power are a recurring criticism of the PDW concept; the concept would ultimately not be officially adopted as a NATO standard because enough of the members were more interested in the [=MP7=] to keep the P90 from being universally adopted.

The [=MP7=], unlike most submachine guns, is gas-operated, using a scaled-down version of the G36's action. It has a retractable stock and either a foldable (original, A1) or removable (A2) foregrip. These can be adjusted to different firing 'stances': 'Pistol' (folded/removed grip, retracted stock, fired in semi-auto), 'Machine-pistol' (deployed grip, retracted stock & semi-auto) and 'PDW' (deployed grip, extended stock & full-auto). 20-, 30- and 40-round extended magazines exist for the weapon, but the 40-round one is by far the most commonly seen, with the flush-fitting 20-round ones a somewhat distant second and 30-round ones almost nonexistent - most games, in particular, will sooner model a 40-round magazine that's apparently downloaded to 30 rounds (or model a 20-rounder that [[BottomlessMagazines somehow holds more than 20 rounds]]) than they will realize there actually ''is'' a 30-round magazine.

* ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' started stocking prototypes of this weapon in the third game's ''Iron Wrath'' expansion pack, upgrading to the A1 in the ''Vegas'' subseries where both Jung and Walter use suppressed [=MP7A1=]s when the player tells them to go silent. The A1 reappears in ''[[VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege Siege]]'', used by the GSG-9 Defense Recruit and Bandit, though somewhat unrealistically here as it only fits 30 rounds in the 40-round mag, and before the "Operation Black Ice" update was modeled with the charging handle stuck in the rear position.
* Snake can acquire an [=MP7=] in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots''; it seems to be the standard SMG of the regular [=PMCs=] he goes up against (or at least those fighting in South America and Eastern Europe during the second and third acts), but it's overall inferior to the [[EliteMooks FROGs']] P90 due to the much smaller magazine capacity (only loads 20-round mags), hard to acquire ammunition (the [=PMCs=] only use it in one section of Act 2 and 3 respectively and, true to reality, it's the only weapon to use its ammo, while you fight [=FROGs=] at least once per Act and every one of them uses at least ''something'' sharing the P90's ammo) and a lack of customization (its only options are the ACOG or a unique red dot sight that ''has'' to be purchased from Drebin instead of found for free in the field, while the P90 can use pretty much everything the M4 Custom can except underbarrel stuff).

* Also available as a late-game unlockable in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 3'''s multiplayer; for Survival mode, it's an early unlock, but is not very useful past the first few waves. Some of the SAS men in "Mind the Gap", particularly Wallcroft, can be seen with one with the 20-round mag in their holster.

* The original [=MP7=] with a red dot sight appears in ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' as the first of the Field Medic's weapons, with an insane fire rate and [[HealingShiv a side-mounted medication dart launcher]] for healing teammates at long range. It starts with the flush-fitting 20-round magazines, but the player can hold more bullets as the perk is leveled, eventually allowing for the usual 40 rounds per magazine. The A1 reappears in ''Videogame/KillingFloor2'' as the SWAT's tier 1 weapon, with a different sight, its extended 40-round magazine[[labelnote:*]]At release its base size was all 40 rounds in-game, but was [[{{Nerf}} reduced to 30 shortly thereafter]]. Even then, the SWAT also gets larger magazines with each level, increasing it to as much as 60.[[/labelnote]], and a suppressor. The Medic's SMG is now a fictional gun, though one with a clear resemblance to the [=MP7=] (and has 40 rounds by default because the Medic's level don't increase capacity this time).
* Available in ''VideoGame/GhostRecon: Future Soldier''; the normal folding foregrip has been replaced with a rail for the player to attach a different foregrip to if they want. Interestingly, H&K [[HilariousInHindsight actually released a version of the weapon with an underbarrel rail two years after this game.]]
* Shows up in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'' as the only full-auto weapon capable of being fired from a vehicle.

* Shows up in ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeWii'' and ''[[UpdatedRerelease Reloaded]]'' as the "Stauger UA-1", one of the better submachine guns for its 40-round mags, high damage and good accuracy but a slow rate of fire, appearing larger than it's supposed to in the original Wii version due to how close Bond holds it to his face. It also shows up in ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenLegends'' with the same model and name as ''Reloaded''. Like ''Future Soldier'' and ''PAYDAY 2'' above, ''Reloaded'' managed to predict the [=MP7A2=] a few years before it existed; their version of the weapon replaces the folding foregrip with one mounted on a new underbarrel rail.

* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', one of [[Comicbook/LexLuthor Lex's]] henchmen uses a [=MP7A1=] against the [[CoolCar Batmobile]] during a car chase.
* The original prototype version appears in ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'', mostly as an FBI issue weapon.
* Appears in the 2013 remake of ''VideoGame/{{Shadow Warrior|2013}}'' using the name [[AKA47 ZI-Type 23 PDW]]. This is actually spoofed in the weapon's description: "Production of the personal defence weapon had to be stopped after Zilla Industries lost a lawsuit with one of German Defence Manufacturing companies." Can also be used [[GunsAkimbo Akimbo]].

* Appears in ''VideoGame/SplinterCell Conviction'' as the only silenced machine pistol in the game, unlocked from the Extras menu. While it is used in hand-to-hand combat like other silenced one-handed weapons, no ammo will be lost from the magazine when doing so due to it not having infinite ammo like the others. It returns in ''Blacklist'' as Sam's new automatic weapon of choice (replacing the F2000 from previous games) and the default primary weapon in the game.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade''[='=]s cutscenes feature a prototype version of the [=MP7=] with the foregrip folded in, where it's used as a handgun. Its inconsistent presence seems to indicate that it was supposed to be the pistol in gameplay before the more generically-fictional "Falcon" model was created.
* The [=MP7=] appears in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' as the "TEK Z-10".[[labelnote:*]] WordOfGod is that it is the successor to the T3K Urban.[[/labelnote]] The original version had a weird thumbhole stock, a right-handed charging handle, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a foregrip on the folding grip]].
** Engaged safety and fictional trades notwithstanding, the ''Remastered'' version is a perfect replica of the [=MP7=].
* The [=MPX8=] from ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}}'' and ''Crysis Warhead'' is almost a complete facsimile of the [=MP7=] and even shares the real-life [=SMG's=] 4.6x30mm rounds. It also borrows a few features from the [=IMI=] Uzi such as its large frame and magazine design, though the magazine itself holds a copious 50 rounds of bullets compared to the Uzi's 30-round and [=MP7's=] variable 20/30/40-round magazines. Though it has a dark blue and black paint scheme presumably intended as a weapon for the US military, it is inexplicably used by the [[UsefulNotes/NorthKoreansWithNodongs KPA]] as their standard issue [=SMG=].
* A 9x19mm version, called the FSP-9, appears in ''VideoGame/SCPSecretLaboratory''. Facility Guards spawn with one at the start of the round. By default, the stock and foregrip are both retracted, though this can be changed at a Workstation.

->''The UMP is considered more reliable than the [=MP5=] with its better range and stopping power.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/DeltaForce: Land Warrior''

The Heckler & Koch UMP is a German submachine gun, first released in 1999. It is intended to be a lighter and cheaper alternative to the company's famous [=MP5=] submachine gun, though both weapons remain in production.

The UMP's primary advantage over the [=MP5=] is greater ease of customization in light of NATO's standardized rail system - whereas the [=MP5=] requires a proprietary claw mount and replacement handguard to have any rails, the UMP can directly attach rails above the receiver and to the sides and bottom of the handguard. Different trigger groupings are also available, combining safe and semi-auto with full-auto and/or burst fire; bursts are uniquely two rounds at a time rather than the [[RuleOfThree typical three]].

The UMP comes in three versions: the initial version was the [=UMP45=] in .45 ACP, followed by the [=UMP40=] in .40 S&W, and then eventually the [=UMP9=] in 9x19mm. Any UMP can be converted to one of the other two calibers with a simple swap of the bolt and barrel - the mags all fit in the same magwell. The 9mm and .40 variants are fed from 30-round magazines, and fire at a rate of 650 rounds per minute (with the [=UMP40=] apparently able to reach upwards of 745), while the .45 ACP version is fed by 25-round magazines, and fires at 600 rpm. Out of all these variants, the [=UMP45=] is by far the most common in media.

* Some mooks in ''Film/XXx''.
* In ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2'', the [=UMP45=] replaces the [=MP5=] as the game's basic submachine gun; as per the game's many failures at game balance, it's infamous in the multiplayer for having next to no recoil when fired while aiming and dealing better damage at range than even most assault rifles (the UMP kills in at least three shots even without stopping power while many assault rifles at range need four or five shots to kill). Interestingly, it incorrectly holds 32 rounds in multiplayer, while singleplayer gives it the correct 25.

** The 2019 ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 Modern Warfare]]'' features the "Striker 45" [=SMG=] as part of the Season 2 DLC. Note that while the gun is actually based on the [[https://www.lwrci.com/SMG-45-Pistol-SB-Brace_p_268.html LWRCI SMG-45]], it can take on the appearance of a [=UMP45=] with the "Undertaker" blueprint variant.

** The [=UMP45=] returns in ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield 4}}'' along with its 9mm brother, the [=UMP9=], this time restricted to the Engineer class. Strangely, as noted by [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Battlefield_4#Heckler_.26_Koch_UMP45 IMFDB]], when the gun is equipped with an optic, the front sight is removed, which is not possible without permanently altering the gun itself.

* Shows up in ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs''. Oddly, despite being labeled as .45 caliber with the appropriate ammo capacity, it has the curved magazine of the 9mm variant.

A family of Israeli submachine guns, the first Uzi was designed in the late 1940s by Uziel Gal and named after him, and first adopted by Israeli special forces in 1954, and it saw wider use across the Israeli military in the years following. Eventually, Uzi production was licensed to arms companies and saw use all around the world. It is commonly depicted as a favorite among WesternTerrorists and [[PrivateMilitaryContractors mercenaries]]. It was one of the most famous of the early [=SMGs=] to use a telescoping bolt, allowing for an overall shorter weapon than WWII-era guns[[labelnote:*]]the full-size Uzi has almost the exact same barrel length as the MP 40, but from the muzzle to the back of the receiver, it's just less than three-fourths the length[[/labelnote]] without sacrificing barrel length, and progressively smaller versions were later produced, these being the Mini Uzi and the Micro Uzi; these are often regarded as machine pistols in addition to [=SMGs=], and the Micro-Uzi has a semi-auto only variant, the Uzi Pistol. The Uzi was chambered for a wide range of ammunition, most prominently 9x19mm and .45 ACP.

* A "Full UZ" is available in ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' in the early floors of the Chrysler Building.

* A variant with an integrated vertical foregrip appears in ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' with the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' DLC. The later "Yakuza Character Pack" adds a Micro variant as a secondary weapon. In a departure from the series' norm, both weapons go by their real names.
* ''VideoGame/{{Syndicate}}'' has them as an early automatic weapon for agents. ''Syndicate Wars'' has them as the most basic weapon with BottomlessMagazines, but it's noted that [[SoLastSeason they're essentially obsolete]].

* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinYoungblood'' has an unidentified machine pistol that strongly resembles the Micro-Uzi (with some Luger P08 influences, [[{{Irony}} interestingly enough]]).

* Appears twice in the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' features it alongside the M1928 as the only two weapons firing .45 ammo. The "9mm submachine gun" of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' is a scaled-down Grease Gun firing 9mm bullets, which can be given a drum magazine and a lighter bolt to increase its rate of fire; a unique variant with a drum mag owned by the pre-war wannabe-OutlawCouple "Vikki & Vance" can be received from another wannabe-outlaw couple, in perfect condition because Vikki & Vance tended towards [[PokeThePoodle petty crimes that never required them to fire their weapon]].

* The ''SMOD'' GameMod for ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' features Grease Guns retrofitted to 4.6mm ammo as alternatives to the [=MP7=], alongside the [=MP40=] (that's a balance between the former two). It's very accurate due to the slow rate of fire, and on a per-bullet basis it outdamages even the [=AR2=] pulse rifle, but it's incredibly sluggish to reload and the rarest of all [=SMGs=].

* In his early appearances, ComicBook/ThePunisher was often depicted using a heavily customized [=M3A1=], before switching to his signature Uzi. {{Mooks}} appearing during UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks tend to be shown using grease guns if the writer doesn't arm them with Thompsons or [=MP40=]s.

Like the Grease Gun, the weapon is stamped with sheet steel for quicker production. The [=MAT-49=] is chambered in 9x19mm, and has a wire stock as well as a foldable magazine well, which allowed for easy carry. The magwell also doubles as a foregrip; someone must have noted how many soldiers during the last war often held the Sten or [=MP40=] by the magazine. These features made it an ideal weapon for French paratroopers at the time.

[[folder:[=MP40=]]]

The 9x19mm [=MP40=], descended from the [=MP38=] (the difference being basically that the [=MP40=] uses more stamped metal parts and thus is quicker and cheaper to manufacture), is the classic Nazi submachine gun. It was nicknamed the "Schmeisser" by Allied troops, even though Hugo Schmeisser had little involvement in its design and production.

The [=MP40=] uses a straight blowback open bolt action. It is only capable of full-automatic fire, but its low rate of fire (500-550 rounds per minute) meant one could fire single shots by pulling the trigger lightly. It was also one of the first weapons of its kind to use a folding stock. The weapon was well-liked by German troops for its accuracy, controllability, and low weight, but reliability was another story. The weapon was fed by 32-round double-stack magazines with a single-stack feed, which gave them a propensity to jam due to the increased friction between rounds, made worse if dirt got in the magazines. As a result, magazines were usually only loaded with 28 or 30 rounds to improve feeding. This design flaw was unfortunately passed on to other weapons that copied its magazine design, like the Sten.

* '''Cool Action:''' The classic "cool" grip is to hold it by the magazine; in practice, this was actually an extremely bad idea as it was likely to cause misfeeds. The proper way to hold it was by the magazine ''housing'', or by the actual handhold, the flat section between the trigger and the magazine. Though various World War II photographs show that [[TruthInTelevision it was often held by the magazine by actual German soldiers]].

* You will see this in more or less anything with Nazis.
* It's also popular as a mook weapon in ''Film/JamesBond'' movies; bad guys use them in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''. Auric Goldfinger uses it at one point and [[http://www.imfdb.org/images/9/95/Gf-mp40d.jpg holds it correctly.]]

* Common in the early ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' games, often the most usable option because of the abundant ammo (every other German you ventilate drops one) and the fact that the early games tend to invert UniversalAmmunition to infuriating extremes (not even the British Sten can resupply from them, even though they use the same caliber). It's at its most infamous in ''World at War'', where a lack of play testing ended with it severely overpowered compared to the other [=SMGs=] in multiplayer. ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII'' features a slightly-futurized variant, the "HG 40", available through supply drops in multiplayer and the Mystery Box in a few [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies Zombies maps]].

* In Film/DirtyHarry, Scorpio uses an [=MP40=] alongside his Arisaka sniper rifle.

* Any time an [=MP40=] shows up in ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'', things start getting weird.
* Appears in ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' and its 2013 reboot with infinite ammo, making it an InfinityMinusOneSword. For some reason in the reboot, the magazine attached to the gun horizontally like the Sten gun, even though the cover art and the original game all have the magazines attached vertically.
** The MP 40 is actually TheArtifact from the development when the game was a sequel to ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Insurgency}}'' has the [=MP40=] mainly used by the Insurgent team, as one of the older weapons available for use. It costs 2 supply points and can be fitted with optics, laser sights and different ammo types.

* As one of the most famous bad guy guns in media, the [=MP40=] shows up in the hands of criminals, the homicidal Mutants gang, Neo-Nazis and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking prison guards]] in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''.

* Within the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, the [=MP40=] is often used by the villain's goons in comics from the 1960s-80s.
* ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' has an [=MP40=] unlockable as of the "Aldstone's Heritage" event to celebrate the closed beta of its WWII-based sister game ''VideoGame/RAIDWorldWarII''. It can only fire in a slow full-auto (which is accurate to the real weapon, which didn't have a semi-auto mode but fired slowly enough that quick taps with the trigger could consistently produce semi-auto-esque firing), has slightly above-average accuracy, and only has enough ammo in total for two magazines, but it's upgraded to a 40-round capacity per mag and it deals damage on par with the high-end assault rifles, as well as taking noticeably more modifications than the Luger pistol needed to unlock it.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Foxhole}}'' has a generic SMG based on the [=MP40=]. Interesting enough, it uses 9mm rounds.

[[folder: Nambu Type 100]]
->''Perhaps the only submachine gun manufactured within Japan in any significant quantity, it utilized a smaller caliber ammunition than most other [=SMGs=] of the time.''
-->--'''Description''', ''VideoGame/BattlefieldV''
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The Nambu Type 100 was an 8x22mm submachine gun utilizing a blowback, open bolt design with a side-mounted magazine, developed by Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, starting in 1942. It is also the only submachine gun to ever be produced by the Japanese Empire during the war in any significant number. It's based largely on the German MP-18, and superficially looks very similar to it. However, several modifications were made to the basic design, many of which proved to be problematic. The initial version, the Type 100/40 had a rather complex firing cycle owing to a loaded-chamber-safety function intended to prevent out-of-battery discharges (leading to [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns frequent stoppages whenever the receiver was dirty]]), a bipod, and a [[BayonetYa bayonet lug]][[note]]The Imperial Japanese military had a bit of a thing for them but in service, few soldiers ever actually attached a bayonet to the Type 100. The Type 100 wasn't unique in this regard: the British Lanchester submachine gun and the Mark V version of the Sten gun were also submachine guns of the time with bayonet lugs, as was the Sterling, which was developed in 1944 to replace the Sten, and the Australian [=F1=], which was designed well after the war in ''1962''.[[/note]]. Like a number of firearms with side-mounted magazine wells, it also had a rather awkward balance with a fully loaded magazine. There were three versions produced, the aforementioned Type 100/40, the later, more simplistic and reliable[[note]]Though production standards varied widely later in the war[[/note]] Type 100/44 and a lightened folding stock version of the Type 100/40 which was removed from service due to being quite fragile compared to the full-stock version. In all versions, the Type 100 was chambered for the 8x22 Nambu cartridge, which performed like .380 ACP or the later 9x18 mm Makarov, limiting its effective usage to nearly point-blank encounters.

The Type 100 saw only limited service in the Japanese military, due in large part to Japanese military doctrine, but also due to a lack of a manufacturing capabilities towards the end of the war. Total production for all variants was between 24,000 to 27,000. This seems like a big number, but compared to the production figures of other submachine guns from the time period[[note]]namely, approximately 1 million [=MP40s=], two million [=PPS-43s=] and six million [=PPSh-41s=][[/note]] this was a minuscule number. These were rare while in service, and today they are a holy grail of World War 2 Japanese Military collectors.
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[[AC: Anime & Manga]]
* The Type 100 is used rather frequently by the Ōtomo City Police in the ''Manga/SkullMan'' anime.
* Both ''Manga/{{Golgo 13}}'' and later ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' featured plots to arm private armies with stocks of lost Type 100s. Both considerably overplayed how useful/advanced the gun was (while the Japanese army could certainly have used more submachine guns, that doesn't make the Type 100 a good example of one) and forgot that the biggest limitation was ammunition, as mass production of the 8x22 Nambu cartridge ceased after 1945.

[[AC: Comic Books]]
* Occasionally shows up in ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'' stories.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* They show up to levels of implausible frequency in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWorldAtWar'' during the Pacific Theater levels, likely to match the equally implausible spread of [=MP40=]'s in the Eastern Front campaign and is usable in multiplayer.
** The gun returns in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' and ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyVanguard''. In the latter game it also serves as WeaponOfChoice of the American protagonist, [[AcePilot Wade Jackson]].
* Type 100s show up in ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonorPacificAssault'' as the Japanese submachine gun of choice. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen It was going to show up]] in ''[[VideoGame/MedalOfHonorRisingSun Rising Sun]]'' where it reloads like the Sten gun, but besides a Japanese sailor with one in a cutscene, it was DummiedOut entirely.
* Type 100s also show up in the World War 2-based prologue of ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany 2'', as well as in ''Battlefield 1943'' and the popular ''Forgotten Hope'' mod.
* [[ActionSurvivor Lara Croft]] ends up coming across one in the 2013 ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}''. It's in remarkably fine condition considering it's been sitting unattended in a Japanese bunker for 70 years. A few of the enemies also use them, and the player can later somehow upgrade it into ''an AK-47''.
* Appears in ''Videogame/RisingStorm'' as weapon for the Assault, Squad Leader, and Commander class. At first, the Type 100/44 model is the one given to players, with a very fast rate of fire at the cost of accuracy. Once upgraded to level 25, the weapon becomes the Type 100/40 model, with better, adjustable sights and reduced recoil at the cost of firing rate. Level 50 unlocks the bayonet attachment.
* ''VideoGame/MenOfWar'' has the Japanese faction's squad leaders and SMG infantry carry these, as well as the older and even rarer Type 2 SMG, carried only by [[EliteMooks SNLF]] infantrymen.
* The Type 100 is the Japanese-exclusive T-Doll in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', added to other servers after the launch of the JP server. The 2019 Christmas event introduces the paratrooper folding stock as her exclusive equipment.
* ''VideoGame/HotDogsHorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' added the Type 100 in Meatmas of 2018.

[[folder: Owen Gun]]
->''"Owen Machine Carbine was first used during WWII. Unconventional but reliable, the top-loading blowback design made it a favorite of Australian scouts."''
-->--'''Description''': ''VideoGame/RisingStorm2Vietnam''
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The Owen Machine Carbine, better known as the Owen Gun or by the nickname "Digger's Darling", was a submachine gun issued to the [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian Army]]. It was created in the 1930s by Evelyn Owen, who demonstrated a .22-chambered prototype to army officers in July 1939, just before the start of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. The weapon was declined due to its flawed design and because the military [[ItWillNeverCatchOn didn't believe submachine guns were important at the time]].

In 1940, Owen's neighbour and a steel product factory owner discovered the prototype in a sugar bag, and convinced Owen (who had, at this point, joined the military) to work on it again through connections with the Army Inventions Board. In 1942, the weapon officially entered service.

The gun has a very peculiar and utilitarian design. It has a toploading feed, which allows gravity to aid the weapon feeding while the spent cartridges are ejected from the bottom. This also made it easy for soldiers to fire the gun in a prone position. One notable feature of the Owen was that its bolt was separated from the cocking handle by a small compartment, which prevented dirt from getting in and jamming the bolt. The gun is chambered in 9x19mm, though there were also experiments that accepted .45 ACP and .38/200 cartridges, and feeds from 33-round magazines. Weighing in at a little over 9 pounds empty, it was a somewhat heavy weapon.

While the Australian Army used both the Thompson and Sten submachine guns for service, they considered neither weapon adequate for jungle warfare in the Pacific Theatre, particularly the persnickety Sten. The Owen, on the other hand, was one of the most [[BoringButPractical reliable submachine guns used in the War]]. So much it was said that [[UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur General MacArthur]] was impressed with the gun, and proposed to place an order for some Owen guns for US troops.

Roughly forty-five thousand Owen Guns were made. Like the Nambu Type 100, that number is considered miniscule compared to the almost two million Thompsons and approximately four million Sten guns. The Owen stayed in Australian service until the mid-60s during the Vietnam War, later replaced by the F1 submachine gun (basically a Sterling with a top-mounted magazine and wooden stock). The Owen was also popular with Indonesian revolutionaries, who used them against the Dutch in the Indonesian National Revolution.
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* ''[[Creator/RLeeErmey Gunny Time]]'' had Gunny and Marksman [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdSLk1DQ3E Kristen Joy Weiss]] feature the Owen gun as they fired at watermelon targets.

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* It can be issued to the Commonwealth on any map to feature the Australians in ''VideoGame/DayOfInfamy''. While the game is set in the Western Front, the Owen Gun was [[ImproperlyPlacedFirearms primarily used in the Pacific Theatre]].
* ''VideoGame/RisingStorm2Vietnam'' features the Owen Gun for Australian scouts and radiomen, as well as its replacement, the F1, for scouts, engineers and commanders.
* Seen in [[https://store-images.s-microsoft.com/image/apps.22358.13648726955003497.82091214-ed31-45a6-a5da-d99b8566ac38.a83befa8-4b41-4438-8d54-038f9e575c33?mode=scale&q=90&h=1080&w=1920&format=jpg some artwork]] for the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIronIV'' ''Together for Victory'' DLC, probably by Australian soldiers as the DLC focus on the Commonwealth nations.
* The gun made its ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series debut in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyVanguard'' as a WeaponOfChoice of the Australian protagonist, Lucas Riggs.

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* One of ''WebVideo/ForgottenWeapons''' earlier videos had Ian firing an Owen SMG that has its camo paint. He gave a more in-depth view of the gun down the road.
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The less well-known brother of the [=PPSh-41=], the Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva (Sudayev's submachine gun), or PPS, was developed when the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] requested a lightweight, compact weapon with similar accuracy and power to the [=PPSh-41=] but with a lower rate of fire, lower production cost, and less manpower to produce (particularly skilled manpower). The [=PPS-43=]'s design was derived from the second out of two prototypes made by Lt. I.K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky at the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy in 1942. Alexei Sudayev refined the design, with emphasis on simplifying production and eliminating most of the machining operations required for the [=PPSh-41=] (using sheet-steel stamping instead). He succeeded; in comparison to the [=PPSh-41=] which required 7.3 hours of machining and used 13.9 kg of raw steel, the PPS only took 2.7 hours of machining and 6.2 kg of raw steel, and took even less workers to manufacture and assemble the parts. With this improvement in production efficiency, the Soviets hoped to produce 135,000 to 350,000 of these guns per month. In short, if the [=PPSh=] was [[BoringButPractical crude and simple]], the [=PPS=] was even cruder and simpler.

The weapon was put into field trials during the siege of Leningrad, winning against 20 designs, one of which was Shpganin's own improved [=PPSh-2=]. After the State Defense Committee approved the weapon, it was accepted into service as the [=PPS-42=]. Small-scale production of the gun began in 1942 in the Sestroretsk Tool Factory, and production did not take off until 1943. Just over 46,000 guns were produced before the improved [=PPS-43=] replaced the [=PPS-42=]. [[note]]To tell the [=PPS-43=] apart, it has a ventilated heat shield that was integrated with the upper receiver cover, both the barrel and shoulder stock are shorter, the stock's locking mechanism was simplified, the casing ejector was moved to the rear of the recoil spring guide rod, the magazine well angle was increased in the receiver in order to enhance feeding reliability and the safety was improved to both block the trigger and lock the bolt in either the open or closed positions.[[/note]]

However, the Soviets had already made massive investments in machinery for producing the [=PPSh-41=], which was being churned out at a rate of more than 1 million guns per year, and so they decided it would be uneconomical to completely abandon its production in favor of the PPS. As a result, only two million [=PPSs=] were made in comparison to the six million [=PPSh-41s=]; whereas the [=PPSh-41=] was issued to frontline infantry, the [=PPS=] tended to be used by paratroopers, recon units, vehicle crews, support service personnel, and other branches where more compact weapons were needed. Captured weapons in the hands of ThoseWackyNazis were used under the designation Maschinenpistole [=719(r)=].

Due to an oversupply of submachine guns, the Soviets stopped producing the weapon in 1946. However, the weapon continued to see service with several Soviet forces until the mid-1950s, especially among Soviet Naval Infantry and armored vehicle crews. The design was also exported into China (locally produced as the Type 54 [=SMG=]), and several countries also designed variants of it; Finland designed the [=M/44=] submachine gun firing the 9x19 Parabellum cartridge, having straight rather than curved box magazines and accepting the Suomi [=M/31=] box and drum magazines (as well as the Carl Gustav [=m/45's=] 36-round magazines). The Spanish copy of the [=M/44=], the [=DUX-53=] and [=DUX-59=], was adopted by Germany for their border guards. The Vietnamese [=K-50M=] submachine gun also took design elements from the [=PPS-43=]. Today, the PPS continues to see service around the globe, with some seeing use as recently as 2014 in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

The PPS is chambered for the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. It fires from an open bolt, in full-automatic mode only, and features a muzzle brake and folding stock. The weapon is fed by 35-round stick magazines, which are not interchangeable with the [=PPSh-41=]'s.[[note]]While the two are physically very similar and hold the same ammo in the same capacity, the PPS-43 magazine is more uniform in its size and shape and has a double-column feed, whereas the opening of the [=PPSh=] magazine is thicker and has a single-stack feed.[[/note]] Also unlike the [=PPSh-41=], the PPS cannot accept drum magazines.

* This gun has been featured in too many Soviet-era Russian movies to count.
* ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'': Alex [=O'Connell=] arms himself with one while battling Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas.
* Makes an appearance in the 2016 game ''Heroes and Generals''.
* Added to ''Battlefield 1942'' with the ''Forgotten Hope'' mod.
* Seen in a gun shop in ''[[Anime/BlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]''
* The PPS-43 is a usable weapon in the first ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra'' game. It is later added in a post-release update in ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad''.
* Appears as a surprisingly rare weapon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty2'', as a slower-firing and lower-capacity alternative to the [=PPSh=].
* In ''VideoGame/MenOfWar'', the PPS-43 is commonly used by Soviet elite units like the Red Guards.
* Appears as a usable weapon in the first ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' game.
* Appears as a 3-star SMG in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. Depicted as the strict and serious younger sister of [=PPsh-41=].
* One of the more common weapons carried by the Soviet troops in the 2014 Hungarian WWII movie ''Dear Elza.''
* Appear in the hands of North Vietnamese Army soldiers in the [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA III]] Vietnam DLC ''S.O.G Praire Fire''.
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-> "[=PPShs=] are here! Now even Yuri can hit something."
-->--'''Conscript squads''', ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes''

The Eastern Tommy gun; the Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina (Shpagin's machine pistol), or [=PPSh-41=] is a blowback-operated weapon firing the 7.62x25mm Tokarev round and was the most common submachine gun in the Red Army during WWII. The weapon owes much to a 1934 design called the PPD by Vasiliy Degtyarev, which was shelved owing to high-up Party members such as Molotov, Zhdanov and Malenkov sharing the common-at-the-time belief that submachine guns were not military weapons. With the outbreak of the Winter War, the Finns quickly showed the Red Army the worth of the SMG, and the decision was quickly reversed, a refined version of the PPD going back into production with a new 71-round drum magazine (directly inspired by the Finnish Suomi M31's drum magazine of the same capacity). Shpagin's gun was essentially a refined version of Degtyarev's still-too-complicated design, using the same magazines but redesigned for mass production. By using stamping and welding rather than time-consuming machining, the PPD's 13.7 man-hours per gun were cut down to just 7.3, and the result also proved extremely reliable, requiring minimal maintenance.
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[[BoringButPractical The very crude design was also so easy to manufacture]] that production could be handed to companies with no experience in gun manufacturing whatsoever, and because the Soviets standardized all rifle and pistol ammo at 7.62mm caliber, Mosin-Nagant rifle barrels could be salvaged from bad or damaged weapons and cut in half to make two [=PPSh=]-41 barrels. Modern shooters and collectors squint a bit at the crude appearance of the gun, but the Soviets soon learned that new recruits could be turned into cheap killing machines by giving them MoreDakka (with a firerate of 900 rounds per minute, the [=PPSh=] provided unparalleled firepower at close range) so it was issued extensively, sometimes whole divisions being issued with only this weapon. It proved such an icon of the Soviet army that statues were built of soldiers holding them throughout Russia and Eastern Europe. [=PPSh=]-41s were supplied to Soviet partisans, and the Soviet air force even experimented with using hundreds of submachine guns as [[http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hedgehog.jpg antipersonnel weapons]] mounted on their Tu-2 bombers for close air support.
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When the AK-47 was finally perfected and adopted by the Soviet military, [=PPSh=] stocks were lend-leased to other Communist countries. Just like the Soviets, the Chinese found the submachine gun's firepower very useful for recruits during the Korean war, and it became one of the mainstays of the Chinese infantryman in the later years of the war, alongside the Mosin-Nagant M44 carbine. As with all Soviet designs, a Chinese copy of the [=PPSh=] was engineered, the Type 50, unique in that it could only use box magazines. When the Vietnam War broke out, North Vietnam received generous amounts of Chinese equipment, including many Type 50s. They modified the gun into the [=K-50M=], adding a pistol grip, steel-wire stock and the front sight from a MAT-49. The [=PPSh-41=] is still in Russia for Great Patriotic War reenactments and ceremonial use - famously, its drum magazine was used as a [[http://www.ppsh41.com/049_tanke.jpg seat]] in recent years.
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While the [=PPSh-41=] can use a curved 35-round box magazine, like the Thompson it is more likely to be seen with its 71-round drum magazine fitted. This is actually a case of TheCoconutEffect; in RealLife, the drums were considered AwesomeButImpractical, as they were rather time-consuming to load by hand and prone to jamming if not individually fitted (not to mention more complex and expensive than box magazines).
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Interestingly, the mass-capitulations of Red Army units early in the war[[note]]before the Soviets learned to counter blitzkrieg tactics and built up their military strength, hundreds of thousands of their soldiers were encircled by Panzer units, cut off from supplies and leadership and left with no option but to surrender[[/note]] led to the German army capturing large amounts of [=PPSh=]-41s. Finding it useful, they added it to their vast inventory of captured weapons, then pressed it into service as the [=MP717=](r)[[note]]"r" for "Russland" which is [[BilingualBonus the German word for Russia]].[[/note]] and issued user manuals for it. They also a version called the [=MP41=](r), rechambered for 9x19mm rounds.
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* Somewhat infamous as a supergun in the WWII-based ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' games thanks to high accuracy, very friendly recoil and a vast magazine; each iteration after the first game attempted to {{Nerf}} it somehow, particularly by eventually downgrading it to the 35-round box mags (though it can get its drums again in ''World at War''). It also oddly shows up as an enemy weapon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'', which ''would'' make sense given how popular it was among German soldiers, except the game is set nowhere near the Russian front where they would actually have access to it.

* Appears in ''VideoGame/{{Squad}}'' as the weapon of choice for the [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Insurgent]]-exclusive "Raider" kit. It comes with four stick magazines and two drum magazines that you can switch between at will.

The SIG Sauer MPX is an American submachine gun, first announced in 2013. Unlike most other submachine guns, which tend to be blowback-operated, the MPX is gas-operated, firing from a closed, rotating bolt, and utilizing a short-stroke gas piston. The MPX was designed with customizability in mind: it features a handguard and top-mounted rails, while its barrel and stock can be changed with minimal effort.

The weapon, by default, is chambered in 9x19mm. It was also designed to be quickly convertible to other pistol calibers, including .40 S&W and .357 SIG, but as of now, [[DevelopmentHell no such conversions have been released.]] The weapon has been adopted by police forces in the Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Argentina, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong, Polish, Bangladeshi and Singaporean special forces, and the Taiwanese military and US Army.

The classic [=WW2=] British submachine gun, chambered in 9x19mm and first manufactured in 1941. Like the [=PPSh=]-41, it was a very crude design but could be easily field stripped and mass produced. It often had a skeletal butt or a folding stock (and in some versions, a grip that's so uncomfortable you have to wonder if the designer was a sadist) but its most distinct feature is the iconic side-mounted magazine. Alongside British soldiers and sailors, it was used by the SAS, officers, paratroopers, Commandos, resistance fighters (who liked it because it could be taken into 3 pieces and concealed), spies and vehicle crews, and even the Germans, who made their own variant, the MP-3008 with a vertical magazine to arm the Volkssturm at the end of the war. Later, the Sten gun saw use by Israeli troops in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, both Communist and Nationalist forces in the Chinese Civil War, both French and Viet Minh troops in the First Indochina War and American special forces during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar.

The design was cheap and rather ugly-looking (it could take as little as 5 hours work to make in a simple metalworking shop with materials that cost less than a full pound) and it often jammed due to poor feed from the [=MP40=]-style magazine - but soldiers and resistance fighters loved it anyway (or, rather, didn't have a choice). It was improved a bit over the course of [=WW2=], including increased reliability as production standards rose, but never developed very far from its nasty looks and rather finicky nature. It was eventually phased out by the very similar Sterling SMG, which improves on it mostly by being more comfortable and having reliable magazines. Just like its successor, the Sten can also accept a bayonet.

* Common in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series, though hard to use effectively given the lack of UniversalAmmunition (the real Sten was chambered in the same round as the German [=MP40=], which by gameplay mechanics introduced ''after'' the series stopped using it would have meant ammo for it was everywhere). ''United Offensive'' makes notable use of a suppressed variant in a few SAS-centric levels. ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsIII Black Ops III]]'' interestingly features two different versions, [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyZombies "Shadows of Evil" and the other Zombies maps]] using a cross between the Mk III (the front with full barrel jacket) and the Austen (the separate pistol grip and stock) called the [[AKA47 "Bootlegger"]] (though running it through the Pack-a-Punch machine renames it to [[PunnyName "Ein Sten"]]), while a later update added a Mk V to multiplayer.

* ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein'' features a suppressed variant. Ammo is common, as [[UniversalAmmunition it shares ammo]] with the [=MP40s=] that every other Nazi you kill with it drops, and it surprisingly hits like a truck,[[note]]each shot from the Sten has the same damage value as one from the considerably higher-caliber Thompson[[/note]] but it's also harder to use outside of ambush tactics on lone enemies or small groups due to its suppressed nature making it one of the few handheld, non-{{gatling|Good}} or {{energy weapon}}s in a video game that can {{overheat|ing}}, in exactly ten shots no less. Helga von Bulow's [[AmazonBrigade elite guards]] also use it - and, surprisingly, are ''not'' [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard cheating bastards]] about the overheating issue, being just as susceptible to it as the player.

* Appear in [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA III: S.O.G Praire Fire]], a Vietnam-themed DLC in the hands of the american MACV-SOG operators surprisingly enough. Scouts use the Supressed Sten Gun, but it's also possible to remove the supressor.

The Sterling is a 9x19mm British submachine gun in use during and after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII - some early models actually saw service during Operation Market Garden as the "Patchett submachine gun". It was intended to replace the Sten, but did not officially replace the Sten until nearly a decade after the war, in 1953. It is easily recognizable by its side mounted magazine similar to the Sten (it can load both straight Sten magazines and its own curved 34-round ones), its perforated hand guards (in some models), and its underfolding skeleton stock. It saw very few changes in design while in service, eventually being replaced by the L85 assault rifle. It is still manufactured today in some countries, including India, and a Spanish clone chambered in 9x23mm Largo known as the CETME C2 exists, distinguishable from the Sterling by its straight magazine as opposed to the Sterling's curved one, its different pistol grip and its charging handle being on the top instead of on the side. After the 70s, its role in fiction is largely replaced by the [=MP5=] and Uzi. This is one of the few submachine guns to accept a bayonet, but they were rarely used outside of ceremonial duties.

* Many ''Film/JamesBond'' movies featured this weapon prominently during StormingTheCastle scenes.

** ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' -- Used by Draco's men and is Bond's primary weapon during the assault of Piz Gloria.
** ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' -- The main weapon of Stromberg's henchmen. Bond and the escaped submarine crews later arm themselves with them during the final battle.
** ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' -- some of Columbo's men have these.

** ''VideoGame/InsurgencySandstorm'' adds the Sterling as a usable weapon in the ''Nightfall'' update.

[[folder:Thompson submachine gun]]
->''"There's only one thing that gets orders and gives orders. And this is it. That's how I got the south side for you, and that's how I'm gonna get the north side for you. It's a typewriter. I'm gonna write my name all over this town with it, in big letters!"''
-->--'''Tony Camonte''', ''Film/Scarface1932''

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The gun that made the [[TheRoaringTwenties Twenties roar]]. One of the first "true" submachine guns - at the very least, the gun that introduced the name for the concept - it was the brainchild of John T. Thompson, a US Army officer who sought to give infantry more firepower than standard bolt-action rifles without compromising their mobility, since period machine guns were bulky crew-served apparatuses that couldn't be easily moved.

The weapon is fired from an open-bolt and operated using the Blish Principle, using the varying friction of inclined surfaces to create a kind of delayed blowback (an idea copied from naval guns, of all places), though how effective this was is debatable, as later models that ditched the setup in favor of straight blowback worked just as well.

In any event, the result was a weapon with the fire rate of a machine gun but chambered for handgun-sized .45 ACP ammo (hence the "Sub" in submachine gun). This allowed a single soldier to carry one right up to a fortified enemy position like a trench or MG nest and "sweep" it clear. Intended for use in the stalemated trenches of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, the armistice was signed just as the first production run was coming off the assembly lines; the original models were as such sold to civilians (as there was no law in America against civilians owning full-auto weapons at the time), which is where most of the weapon's modern infamy has come from.

The "Tommy Gun" has a rather exaggerated reputation as a gangster weapon, mostly due to a few high-profile users. While Al Capone's men, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and John Dillinger did make use of them, a Thompson was quite a pricey weapon for its day and the weapons of choice for the majority of ''actual'' gangsters were concealable handguns or shotguns[[note]]Two Thompsons cost as much as a contemporary Ford automobile, with a single Thompson running about $200 back in those days. That's roughly $2800 USD today when adjusted for inflation; in the modern day, most weapons available to civilians that surpass that sort of price are the rarest of guns or [[{{BFG}} unreasonably-huge things]] like the Barrett M95[[/note]]. Nevertheless, it is ''de rigeur'' for any Al Capone-esque, old school gangster badassery in media. Goes great with fedoras and pinstripes, too.

On the other side of the law, the Thompson was adopted by few American police forces (most departments balked at the price, like everyone else) but it found better favor among Federal agencies. These included the ''Postal Service'' (for protecting against mail robberies aboard trains and the like), the nascent FBI, and some foreign militaries. The United States Marine Corps also adopted the weapon in limited numbers, and gave mostly positive reviews of the ones they had for the "Banana Wars" in Central America.

In 1938, the US military officially adopted the Thompson as a service weapon. When UsefulNotes/WorldWarII began, the gun was Lend-Leased to many countries allied with the United States. The British obtained large numbers of [=M1928s=] and used them extensively throughout the war, even after they were officially replaced by the Sten in 1943. America's entry into the war upped the demand considerably, resulting in the heavily simplified M1 of 1942, with the even-more-simplified [=M1A1=] appearing the following year. The Thompson was also very popular in the lawless and war-torn China of the 1920s. The handful that found their way there at the beginning of the decade - mainly to the gangsters in Shanghai - were quickly reverse-engineered and copied by warlord armies. Nationalist China received large amounts of [=M1928A1=]s and [=M1A1s=] through Lend-Lease and quickly adopted both as their main submachine guns in the later years of the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar. Prior to the war, they'd produced their own copies of the [=M1921=] at the Taiyuan Arsenal in Shanxi province, including several thousand chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser.

The Thompson was retired more or less immediately after World War II, as SMG design had evolved to prefer low-cost, mass-production weapons like the M3 "Grease Gun" and Sten, and the Thompson was expensive and slow to produce by comparison. Nevertheless, Tommy guns were popular, and remained in at least limited use by [=GIs=] well into the Vietnam War and saw frequent use by the South Vietnamese forces. America also continued loaning Thompsons to Nationalist China after the Chinese Civil War restarted in 1946. But it made no difference, with the supply of Thompsons ending after Truman's arms embargo on the Nationalists, and the Communist forces were victorious by 1949. They then went on to [[{{Irony}} use those very same Thompsons against American forces in Korea]]. Captured ex-Chinese Thompsons were quickly turned back around in American and South Korean hands.

All models of the Thompson are select-fire weapons, and are effective up to about 50 meters. The gun has a reputation for being hard to handle due to its heavy weight (about 10 pounds empty), but according to many users, it's controllable if you fire in short bursts, has relatively average recoil compared to other [=SMGs=] (thanks to the hefty weight). It can be fed by 50 or 100-round drum magazines, or 20 and 30-round stick magazines. British and American troops found that the stick magazines were considerably better for general combat, as they were lighter, easier to load,[[note]]Stick mags were simply pulled downwards to remove and pushed upwards into the magwell to attach; drums had to be slid in from the side, not to mention that the bolt had to be open for a drum to fit. Drum magazines also had to be wound in order to put the ammo under spring tension; discovering during combat that you forgot this step and had a temporarily non-functionl magazine would be a distinctly bad thing.[[/note]] less likely to jam, and less noisy.[[note]]The rounds in a drum magazine tended to rattle, making a conspicuous noise[[/note]]. Tommy guns were praised as hard-hitting, reliable weapons, though the M1928, in particular, could be a ''pain in the ass'' to strip and clean.

The original version of the Thompson was the M1921, which featured a high-quality finish, adjustable sights, and a vertical grip. The M1928 was the first variant adopted for military use, featuring a finned barrel and a heavier actuator that slowed the rate of fire, with the later [=M1928A1=] version (introduced just before the attack on Pearl Harbor) introducing a horizontal foregrip. Both the 1921 and 1928 could accept a Cutts compensater to reduce recoil. In 1942, the simplified M1 variant entered production, including many upgrades that were adapted from suggestions by British troops. The primary differences of the M1 from the earlier versions are that the bolt handle and ejection port are moved from the top of the receiver to the right side, the barrel cooling fins and Cutts compensator are omitted, the vertical grip is replaced by a straight horizontal grip, and the rear sight is simpler. The Blish mechanism is also ditched in favor of simple blowback operation. Finally, the M1 and later [=M1A1=] cannot use drum magazines like the earlier Thompson variants.[[note]]In earlier versions, a stick magazine will leave a noticeable gap between the front of the mag and the front edge of the magwell, while a drum will fill that gap. The M1 simply moved the front edge of the magwell in a bit closer to the rear so stick mags fill the entire space.[[/note]] The even simpler [=M1A1=] entered production later the same year, which added distinctive protective "wings" along the rear sight, and had the firing pin and bolt combined into one piece.

A semi-automatic version of the M1921, the Model 1927, was also made for civilians. In 1974, Auto-Ordnance would design the 1927A1, a variant of the M1927 with almost completely redesigned internals to fire from a closed bolt and increased the barrel length to 16.5 inches in order to be legally considered a rifle. Semi-automatic variants are still quite a popular weapon in the American (and oddly enough; German) civilian gun market. Some variants are sold with [[SchizoTech synthetic furniture and picatinny rail]].
* '''Cool Action''': Pulling it out of hiding (especially from a [[SenselessViolins violin case]]), holding it at the waist and saturating the room, then leaving as if nothing had happened.

* Practically compulsory for any Prohibition-era Gangster movie. The gun actually first appeared in ''Film/LittleCaesar'', but it really took off once the original 1932 ''Film/{{Scarface|1932}}'' was released.
* Just about all World War II movies, video games and TV shows. In games, it's usually more powerful than the [=MP40=] but harder to get ammo for. Some make the mistake of having the mil spec version firing from a drum magazine. As a note, use in non-American hands isn't necessarily a case of ImproperlyPlacedFirearms, as all the other Allies received many of them as part of Lend-Lease.

* One of the most powerful weapons in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', where it's called the Chicago Typewriter (a reference to how it was used in TheRoaringTwenties, as per the quote at the top). Normally it's an [=M1=] fired properly at shoulder level as per usual, and even though [[BottomlessMagazines ammo for it is infinite]], there's still a reload animation should you choose to swap mags [[PlayerTic for compulsion's sake]]. Playing the game with the gangster outfit added in the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 version changes the model into the more iconic "Chicago-style" [=M1928=] with a front foregrip and a drum magazine; also, if you hit reload, Leon will scoff smugly and adjust his hat[[note]]if you do it [[RuleOfThree three times]], he'll toss the hat up, catch it and strike a pose, [[RuleOfCool just because it looks awesome]][[/note]]. Ada gets the [=M1928=] by default in her ''Separate Ways'' campaign, though she has no reload animations whatsoever. She fires it from the hip just like her TMP.

[[folder: Villar-Perosa and derivatives]]
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Designed in 1914, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villar-Perosa_aircraft_submachine_gun Villar-Perosa M1915]] was originally designed to be used as an aircraft mounted weapon. Given that this weapon uses pistol cartridges that was much weaker than 9mm Parabellum, the weapon [[EpicFail failed spectacularly in its original intended role.]] Hoping to salvage this weapon, the Italian military deployed this to ground forces. In spite of the MoreDakka nature of having two guns in one package, the distinct lack of a stock and traditional trigger as well as open-ended magazines that let dirt and mud in made the Villar-Perosa impractical. Most soldiers often cut the weapon in two and attached a stock if they could, creating a more practical SMG, if less effective than the contemporary MP18 due to smaller magazines (32 rounds of the [=MP18=] vs. 25 of the Villar-Perosa) and the aforementioned weaker cartridges.

The weapon system would see two derivatives: Villar-Perosa's OVP (developed by the original designer as soon as he was informed the weapon was being reassigned to infantry, or possibly the actual original design) and the Beretta M1918 (from which Beretta would develop its famous Model 38. The Beretta model would end up being the preferred of the two and would see use well into World War II. These weapons, apart from the fact that they were more traditionally designed [=SMGs=], also had their fire-rate reduced from a high 1500 rounds per minute to a more controllable 900 rounds per minute.
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[[AC: Films -- Live Action]]
* A Villar-Perosa[[note]]actually a mockup made from a pair of Beretta 38/42 submachine guns[[/note]] is mounted on the biplane Indy and his father use to escape from the zeppelin in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. In an infamous scene, the elder Dr. Jones manages to accidentally shoot the plane's own tail with it.
-->'''Indy:''' Dad! Are we hit?\\
'''Henry:''' More or less... Son, I'm sorry. [[BlatantLies They got us.]]
* ''Film/TheSicilian''. Another mockup can be seen carried by one of Giuliano's bandits.

[[AC: Video Games]]
* The original Villar-Perosa appears in ''Battlefield 1918'' and ''Videogame/Battlefield1'', with the latter appearance being as a special weapon alongside its derivative, the Beretta M1918, under the designation Automatico M1918.
* The OVP appears in ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'' as a DownloadableContent weapon.
* ''VideoGame/{{Isonzo}}'' has the original Villar-Perosa serve as the standard-issue light machine gun for the Royal Italian Army, available as an unlockable weapon for the Assault class. It is notably the only man-portable automatic weapon in the entire Italian arsenal.
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* '''Cool Design''': Video games love it because its shape makes it easy to model and as instantly-recognizable as other famous guns like the Desert Eagle, but particularly in older games the designers may have some rather odd ideas about how the P90 actually works; game P90s often eject from the wrong area and in the wrong direction, and a fairly common mistake is showing the carrying handle as hinged at the front, popping up so the magazine can be inserted into it and then swung back down. Very few depictions accurately depict it's magazine (which is translucent so remaining rounds can be counted easily) as depleting as the gun is fired.

Sweden stopped issuing the Carl Gustav as standard in TheSixties, but kept the guns in reserve as late as 2007. American Navy [=SEALs=] used them during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, as they could be fired soon after being submerged in water [[note]] They liked it so much, in fact, when Sweden stopped selling firearms to the US as a protest against the Vietnam War, Smith & Wesson ''copied the gun without permission'' to fill the gap; this copy was the Smith & Wesson M76 that saw little use in Vietnam (by the time it was ready, the [=SEALs=] have moved on to more modern weaponry) but was massively popular in 70s cinema[[/note]]. It was also extensively used by Irish peacekeepers from TheSixties up until TheEighties until the Steyr AUG supplanted both it and the FN FAL. Interestingly, most variations of the weapon lack a fire selector, being locked to full-auto only.

* Appears in the first ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' game as, oddly enough, the standard weapon of the marines. It'll pretty much be Gordon's mainstay until the end of the game, being pathetically inaccurate and even weaker per-shot compared to the Glock but having more raw firepower between the 50-round magazine and its underbarrel grenade launcher (the HD Pack replaces it with the Colt M727, a more sensible weapon for the soldiers to be carrying). ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' re-tools it to have a 30-shot mag, a faster [=600RPM=] cyclic firing rate, far better accuracy and the exact same firepower per bullet as the Glock, with the tradeoff that it has a two-stage trigger and no semi-auto mode, so you can't fire less than three rounds at once with it[[labelnote:*]]a quick tap of the Fire button is a 3-round burst, holding it fires the gun in full auto[[/labelnote]] (unless the game [[GoodBadBugs glitches out]]).

* ''VideoGame/AfraidOfMonsters: [[{{Recut}} Director's Cut]]'' has the [=MP5K=] as an alternative to the shotgun or Uzi. Being a survival horror game, [[AwesomeButImpractical there's little ammo for it]]. David uses the slap when reloading.

* The ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' games have the [=MP5=], though each exclusively have different versions of it: the first Modern Warfare has the [=MP5A3=] (which has a Navy trigger group and becomes an [=SD3=] when mounted with a suppressor), the second game has the [=MP5K=], and the third has an A2 with a railed handguard. ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps Black Ops]]'' has the ultra-rare prototype version of the [=MP5K=], with the distinctive wooden foregrip that was deleted from the production model, while ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII Black Ops II]]'''s flashback missions allow the player to use the A3 (which, once again, becomes the [=SD3=] with the suppressor attachment). The A3 variant also made its return in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' with certain attachment options to modify it into several other variants, such as the A2 (with the "Classic Straight-line" stock; it is also pre-attached with the "Admiral's Pride" blueprint variant, which bears a resemblance to a Turkish clone of the [=MP5A2=] with wooden furniture), SD (with the "Subsonic Integral Suppressor" barrel) or even rarer [=MP5/10=] (with 10mm Auto 30-Round Mags).

Sweden stopped issuing the Carl Gustav as standard in TheSixties, but kept the guns in reserve as late as 2007. American Navy [=SEALs=] used them during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, as they could be fired soon after being submerged in water [[note]] They liked it so much, in fact, when Sweden stopped selling firearms to the US as a protest against the Vietnam War, Smith & Wesson ''copied the gun without permission'' to fill the gap; this copy was the Smith & Wesson M76 that saw little use in Vietnam (by the time it was ready, the [=SEALs=] have moved on to more modern weaponry) but was massively popular in 70s cinema[[/note]]. It was also extensively used by Irish peacekeepers from TheSixties up until TheEighties until the [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles Steyr AUG]] supplanted both it and the FN FAL. Interestingly, most variations of the weapon lack a fire selector, being locked to full-auto only.

* ''VideoGame/Payday2''[='=]s "Armored Transport" DLC adds the m/45B model as a secondary, with an incorrect 40-round capacity and only one magazine held in reserve. Like the above, it's called the "Swedish K SMG". It's also one of the only non-CoolGuns/{{machine gun|s}} weapons in the game that cannot be set to semi-auto.

* In a bizarre twist, the entirely fictional Kalash 2012 assault rifle in ''VideoGame/{{Metro 2033}}'' and ''VideoGame/MetroLastLight'' looks and operates like a halfway between a P90 and an [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles AK-74]].

* Tends to be the most powerful and accurate submachine gun in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games, with the tradeoff that it handles more like a rifle than an SMG; for example, you either can't fire it while on the move, or only move very slowly while aiming, and GunsAkimbo is out of the question. Multiple variations are used in the games, and ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' uses the Special Weapons [=MP10=] clone. Invariably, once you're at 5 wanted stars, FBI/NOOSE forces will pop up to chase you wielding the game's respective model. [[GottaCatchEmAll Spray over all the gang tags]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', and CJ's Grove Street homies will ditch the [[CoolGuns/MachinePistols TEC-9]] for these, dramatically increasing their firepower.

* The [=MP7=] appears in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' as the "TEK Z-10".[[labelnote:*]] WordOfGod is that it is the successor to the [[CoolGuns/MachinePistols T3K Urban]].[[/labelnote]] The original version had a weird thumbhole stock, a right-handed charging handle, and [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a foregrip on the folding grip]].

A family of Israeli submachine guns, the first Uzi was designed in the late 1940s by Uziel Gal and named after him, and first adopted by Israeli special forces in 1954, and it saw wider use across the Israeli military in the years following. Eventually, Uzi production was licensed to arms companies and saw use all around the world. It is commonly depicted as a favorite among WesternTerrorists and [[PrivateMilitaryContractors mercenaries]]. It was one of the most famous of the early [=SMGs=] to use a telescoping bolt, allowing for an overall shorter weapon than WWII-era guns[[labelnote:*]]the full-size Uzi has almost the exact same barrel length as the MP 40, but from the muzzle to the back of the receiver, it's just less than three-fourths the length[[/labelnote]] without sacrificing barrel length, and progressively smaller versions were later produced, these being the Mini Uzi and the Micro Uzi; these are often regarded as [[CoolGuns/MachinePistols machine pistols]] in addition to [=SMGs=], and the Micro-Uzi has a semi-auto only variant, the Uzi Pistol. The Uzi was chambered for a wide range of ammunition, most prominently 9x19mm and .45 ACP.

* ''VideoGame/WolfensteinYoungblood'' has an unidentified machine pistol that strongly resembles the Micro-Uzi (with some [[CoolGuns/{{Handguns}} Luger P08]] influences, [[{{Irony}} interestingly enough]]).

The MAT-49 has also been supplied to the French Foreign Legion, and the National Gendarmerie. Ultimately, the MAT-49 ended its production in 1979, being surpassed by the [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles FAMAS F1]], although the MAT-49 is still used by some police forces. It saw its way into use by the Vietnamese after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, where many of the captured guns were redesigned to accept the 7.62x25mm Tokarev cartridge, as well as having a larger, curved magazine, longer barrel and a higher rate of fire.

* If the Viet Cong are not seen using an [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles AK-pattern rifle]], expect them to have one of these. Likewise, expect the Viet Minh to use these if they're not wielding rifles.

* Acts as the primary weapon for most French infantry units in ''VideoGame/WargameRedDragon'', before being replaced by the FAMAS (several units use the SG-542 battle rifle, and reservists use the [[CoolGuns/BattleRifles MAS-49/56]]). This also makes the French troops somewhat unique, as almost every other faction starts out using a battle rifle or assault rifle as their primary weapon, with submachine guns usually exclusive to weapons teams and elite units.

The Nambu Type 100 was an 8x22mm submachine gun utilizing a blowback, open bolt design with a side-mounted magazine, developed by Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, starting in 1942. It is also the only submachine gun to ever be produced by the Japanese Empire during the war in any significant number. It's based largely on the German MP-18, and superficially looks very similar to it. However, several modifications were made to the basic design, many of which proved to be problematic. The initial version, the Type 100/40 had a rather complex firing cycle owing to a loaded-chamber-safety function intended to prevent out-of-battery discharges (leading to [[ReliablyUnreliableGuns frequent stoppages whenever the receiver was dirty]]), a bipod, and a [[BayonetYa bayonet lug]][[note]]The Imperial Japanese military had a bit of a thing for them but in service, few soldiers ever actually attached a bayonet to the Type 100. The Type 100 wasn't unique in this regard: the British Lanchester submachine gun and the Mark V version of the [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns Sten gun]] were also submachine guns of the time with bayonet lugs, as was the Sterling, which was developed in 1944 to replace the Sten, and the Australian [=F1=], which was designed well after the war in ''1962''.[[/note]]. Like a number of firearms with side-mounted magazine wells, it also had a rather awkward balance with a fully loaded magazine. There were three versions produced, the aforementioned Type 100/40, the later, more simplistic and reliable[[note]]Though production standards varied widely later in the war[[/note]] Type 100/44 and a lightened folding stock version of the Type 100/40 which was removed from service due to being quite fragile compared to the full-stock version. In all versions, the Type 100 was chambered for the 8x22 Nambu cartridge, which performed like .380 ACP or the later 9x18 mm Makarov, limiting its effective usage to nearly point-blank encounters.

* The [=PPSh=] replaces the [[CoolGuns/{{Rifles}} Mosin-Nagant 91/30]] as the primary weapon of Soviet soldiers in ''Film/{{Downfall}}''. In real life, the Red Army issued submachine guns to all front-line troops before the Battle of Berlin, as it performed better than a standard Mosin in close-quarters street fighting.

Designed in 1914, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villar-Perosa_aircraft_submachine_gun Villar-Perosa M1915]] was originally designed to be used as an aircraft mounted weapon. Given that this weapon uses pistol cartridges that was much weaker than 9mm Parabellum, the weapon [[EpicFail failed spectacularly in its original intended role.]] Hoping to salvage this weapon, the Italian military deployed this to ground forces. In spite of the MoreDakka nature of having two guns in one package, the distinct lack of a stock and traditional trigger as well as open-ended magazines that let dirt and mud in made the Villar-Perosa impractical. Most soldiers often cut the weapon in two and attached a stock if they could, creating a more practical SMG, if less effective than the contemporary [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns MP18]] due to smaller magazines (32 rounds of the [=MP18=] vs. 25 of the Villar-Perosa) and the aforementioned weaker cartridges.

The weapon system would see two derivatives: Villar-Perosa's OVP (developed by the original designer as soon as he was informed the weapon was being reassigned to infantry, or possibly the actual original design) and the Beretta M1918 (from which Beretta would develop its famous [[CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns Model 38]]. The Beretta model would end up being the preferred of the two and would see use well into World War II. These weapons, apart from the fact that they were more traditionally designed [=SMGs=], also had their fire-rate reduced from a high 1500 rounds per minute to a more controllable 900 rounds per minute.

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The less well-known brother of the [=PPSh-41=], the Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva (Sudayev's submachine gun), or PPS, was developed when the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] requested a lightweight, compact weapon with similar accuracy and power to the [=PPSh-41=] but with a lower rate of fire, lower production cost, and less manpower to produce (particularly skilled manpower). The [=PPS-43=]'s design was derived from the second out of two prototypes made by Lt. I.K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky at the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy in 1942. Alexei Sudayev refined the design, with emphasis on simplifying production and eliminating most of the machining operations required for the [=PPSh-41=] (using sheet-steel stamping instead). He succeeded; in comparison to the [=PPSh-41=] which required 7.3 hours of machining and used 13.9 kg of raw steel, the PPS only took 2.7 hours of machining and 6.2 kg of raw steel, and took even less workers to manufacture and assemble the parts. With this improvement in production efficiency, the Soviets hoped to produce 135,000 to 350,000 of these guns per month. In short, if the [=PPSh=] was [[BoringButPractical crude and simple]], the [=PPS=] was even cruder and simpler.
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The weapon was put into field trials during the siege of Leningrad, winning against 20 designs, one of which was Shpganin's own improved [=PPSh-2=]. After the State Defense Committee approved the weapon, it was accepted into service as the [=PPS-42=]. Small-scale production of the gun began in 1942 in the Sestroretsk Tool Factory, and production did not take off until 1943. Just over 46,000 guns were produced before the improved [=PPS-43=] replaced the [=PPS-42=]. [[note]]To tell the [=PPS-43=] apart, it has a ventilated heat shield that was integrated with the upper receiver cover, both the barrel and shoulder stock are shorter, the stock's locking mechanism was simplified, the casing ejector was moved to the rear of the recoil spring guide rod, the magazine well angle was increased in the receiver in order to enhance feeding reliability and the safety was improved to both block the trigger and lock the bolt in either the open or closed positions.[[/note]]
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However, the Soviets had already made massive investments in machinery for producing the [=PPSh-41=], which was being churned out at a rate of more than 1 million guns per year, and so they decided it would be uneconomical to completely abandon its production in favor of the PPS. As a result, only two million [=PPSs=] were made in comparison to the six million [=PPSh-41s=]; whereas the [=PPSh-41=] was issued to frontline infantry, the [=PPS=] tended to be used by paratroopers, recon units, vehicle crews, support service personnel, and other branches where more compact weapons were needed. Captured weapons in the hands of ThoseWackyNazis were used under the designation Maschinenpistole [=719(r)=].
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Due to an oversupply of submachine guns, the Soviets stopped producing the weapon in 1946. However, the weapon continued to see service with several Soviet forces until the mid-1950s, especially among Soviet Naval Infantry and armored vehicle crews. The design was also exported into China (locally produced as the Type 54 [=SMG=]), and several countries also designed variants of it; Finland designed the [=M/44=] submachine gun firing the 9x19 Parabellum cartridge, having straight rather than curved box magazines and accepting the Suomi [=M/31=] box and drum magazines (as well as the Carl Gustav [=m/45's=] 36-round magazines). The Spanish copy of the [=M/44=], the [=DUX-53=] and [=DUX-59=], was adopted by Germany for their border guards. The Vietnamese [=K-50M=] submachine gun also took design elements from the [=PPS-43=]. Today, the PPS continues to see service around the globe, with some seeing use as recently as 2014 in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
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The PPS is chambered for the 7.62x25mm Tokarev. It fires from an open bolt, in full-automatic mode only, and features a muzzle brake and folding stock. The weapon is fed by 35-round stick magazines, which are not interchangeable with the [=PPSh-41=]'s.[[note]]While the two are physically very similar and hold the same ammo in the same capacity, the PPS-43 magazine is more uniform in its size and shape and has a double-column feed, whereas the opening of the [=PPSh=] magazine is thicker and has a single-stack feed.[[/note]] Also unlike the [=PPSh-41=], the PPS cannot accept drum magazines.
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* This gun has been featured in too many Soviet-era Russian movies to count.
* ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'': Alex [=O'Connell=] arms himself with one while battling Yang's soldiers in the Himalayas.
* Makes an appearance in the 2016 game ''Heroes and Generals''.
* Added to ''Battlefield 1942'' with the ''Forgotten Hope'' mod.
* Seen in a gun shop in ''[[Anime/BlackLagoon Black Lagoon]]''
* The PPS-43 is a usable weapon in the first ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra'' game. It is later added in a post-release update in ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra2HeroesOfStalingrad''.
* Appears as a surprisingly rare weapon in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty2'', as a slower-firing and lower-capacity alternative to the [=PPSh=].
* In ''VideoGame/MenOfWar'', the PPS-43 is commonly used by Soviet elite units like the Red Guards.
* Appears as a usable weapon in the first ''VideoGame/{{Vietcong}}'' game.
* Appears as a 3-star SMG in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''. Depicted as the strict and serious younger sister of [=PPsh-41=].
* One of the more common weapons carried by the Soviet troops in the 2014 Hungarian WWII movie ''Dear Elza.''
* Appear in the hands of North Vietnamese Army soldiers in the [[VideoGame/{{ARMA}} ARMA III]] Vietnam DLC ''S.O.G Praire Fire''.

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-> "[=PPShs=] are here! Now even Yuri can hit something."
-->--'''Conscript squads''', ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes''

The Eastern Tommy gun; the Pistolet-Pulemyot Shpagina (Shpagin's machine pistol), or [=PPSh-41=] is a blowback-operated weapon firing the 7.62x25mm Tokarev round and was the most common submachine gun in the Red Army during WWII. The weapon owes much to a 1934 design called the PPD by Vasiliy Degtyarev, which was shelved owing to high-up Party members such as Molotov, Zhdanov and Malenkov sharing the common-at-the-time belief that submachine guns were not military weapons. With the outbreak of the Winter War, the Finns quickly showed the Red Army the worth of the SMG, and the decision was quickly reversed, a refined version of the PPD going back into production with a new 71-round drum magazine (directly inspired by the Finnish Suomi M31's drum magazine of the same capacity). Shpagin's gun was essentially a refined version of Degtyarev's still-too-complicated design, using the same magazines but redesigned for mass production. By using stamping and welding rather than time-consuming machining, the PPD's 13.7 man-hours per gun were cut down to just 7.3, and the result also proved extremely reliable, requiring minimal maintenance.

[[BoringButPractical The very crude design was also so easy to manufacture]] that production could be handed to companies with no experience in gun manufacturing whatsoever, and because the Soviets standardized all rifle and pistol ammo at 7.62mm caliber, Mosin-Nagant rifle barrels could be salvaged from bad or damaged weapons and cut in half to make two [=PPSh=]-41 barrels. Modern shooters and collectors squint a bit at the crude appearance of the gun, but the Soviets soon learned that new recruits could be turned into cheap killing machines by giving them MoreDakka (with a firerate of 900 rounds per minute, the [=PPSh=] provided unparalleled firepower at close range) so it was issued extensively, sometimes whole divisions being issued with only this weapon. It proved such an icon of the Soviet army that statues were built of soldiers holding them throughout Russia and Eastern Europe. [=PPSh=]-41s were supplied to Soviet partisans, and the Soviet air force even experimented with using hundreds of submachine guns as [[http://14544-presscdn-0-64.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/hedgehog.jpg antipersonnel weapons]] mounted on their Tu-2 bombers for close air support.

When the AK-47 was finally perfected and adopted by the Soviet military, [=PPSh=] stocks were lend-leased to other Communist countries. Just like the Soviets, the Chinese found the submachine gun's firepower very useful for recruits during the Korean war, and it became one of the mainstays of the Chinese infantryman in the later years of the war, alongside the Mosin-Nagant M44 carbine. As with all Soviet designs, a Chinese copy of the [=PPSh=] was engineered, the Type 50, unique in that it could only use box magazines. When the Vietnam War broke out, North Vietnam received generous amounts of Chinese equipment, including many Type 50s. They modified the gun into the [=K-50M=], adding a pistol grip, steel-wire stock and the front sight from a MAT-49. The [=PPSh-41=] is still in Russia for Great Patriotic War reenactments and ceremonial use - famously, its drum magazine was used as a [[http://www.ppsh41.com/049_tanke.jpg seat]] in recent years.

While the [=PPSh-41=] can use a curved 35-round box magazine, like the Thompson it is more likely to be seen with its 71-round drum magazine fitted. This is actually a case of TheCoconutEffect; in RealLife, the drums were considered AwesomeButImpractical, as they were rather time-consuming to load by hand and prone to jamming if not individually fitted (not to mention more complex and expensive than box magazines).

Interestingly, the mass-capitulations of Red Army units early in the war[[note]]before the Soviets learned to counter blitzkrieg tactics and built up their military strength, hundreds of thousands of their soldiers were encircled by Panzer units, cut off from supplies and leadership and left with no option but to surrender[[/note]] led to the German army capturing large amounts of [=PPSh=]-41s. Finding it useful, they added it to their vast inventory of captured weapons, then pressed it into service as the [=MP717=](r)[[note]]"r" for "Russland" which is [[BilingualBonus the German word for Russia]].[[/note]] and issued user manuals for it. They also a version called the [=MP41=](r), rechambered for 9x19mm rounds.

The weapon continued to be developed in the interwar period, resulting in the improved [=MP28=], which was copied by the British during WWII as the Lanchester submachine gun. The lion's share of captured [=MP18=]s fell into French hands, who were so appreciative of the design that they made 20 and 32-round box magazines for it, issued the guns to reserve units and police in small numbers. A Swiss variant chambered in 7.63x25mm Mauser, the SIG [=M1920=], alongside locally-produced [=MP18=]s converted to fire 7.63mm rounds, were used by both Chinese warlord armies and Kuomintang forces during the UsefulNotes/SecondSinoJapaneseWar, until they switched to the Thompson in the later years of the war and the Chinese Civil War. Captured warlord and KMT [=MP18s=] were also used by the Communists. As Nazi Germany militarized during the 1930s, the Steyr-Solothurn [=MP34=] was produced and was supplied to Imperial Japan, forming the basis for their [[RareGuns Nambu Type 100]] submachine gun, as well as seeing use by the SS and German troops. The [=MP28=] also saw frequent use by the Nationalists in the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar, and the Republicans also manufactured their own copies, nicknamed "Naranjeros", which were shorter than the original [=MP28=].

Sweden stopped issuing the Carl Gustav as standard in TheSixties, but kept the guns in reserve as late as 2007. American Navy [=SEALs=] used them during UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, as they could be fired soon after being submerged in water [[note]] They liked it so much, in fact, when Sweden stopped selling firearms to the US as a protest against the Vietnam War, Smith & Wesson ''copied the gun without permission'' to fill the gap; this copy was the [[RareGuns/SubmachineGuns Smith & Wesson M76]] that saw little use in Vietnam (by the time it was ready, the [=SEALs=] have moved on to more modern weaponry) but was massively popular in 70s cinema[[/note]]. It was also extensively used by Irish peacekeepers from TheSixties up until TheEighties until the [[CoolGuns/AssaultRifles Steyr AUG]] supplanted both it and the FN FAL. Interestingly, most variations of the weapon lack a fire selector, being locked to full-auto only.

* A 5-star SMG in ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline'', first appeared in the Singularity event. A cocky girl who considers herself to be above other T-Dolls in terms of performance, with the skills to back it up. Has an OddFriendship with [[RareGuns/{{Shotguns}} AA-12]], partly stemming from their preference of lollipops.

The "Tommy Gun" has a rather exaggerated reputation as a gangster weapon, mostly due to a few high-profile users. While Al Capone's men, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and John Dillinger did make use of them, a Thompson was quite a pricey weapon for its day and the weapons of choice for the majority of ''actual'' gangsters were concealable handguns or shotguns[[note]]Two Thompsons cost as much as a contemporary Ford automobile, with a single Thompson running about $200 back in those days. That's roughly $2800 USD today when adjusted for inflation; in the modern day, most weapons available to civilians that surpass that sort of price are the rarest of RareGuns or [[{{BFG}} unreasonably-huge things]] like the Barrett M95[[/note]]. Nevertheless, it is ''de rigeur'' for any Al Capone-esque, old school gangster badassery in media. Goes great with fedoras and pinstripes, too.

Originally designed as the the HK PDW, which was originally meant to be the kinetic energy component of the [[RareGuns/AssaultRifles XM29 OICW]]. The [=MP7=] is in use with the German military and police (replacing both the Uzi in use with reserve units, and some stocks of the [=MP5=] that put the Uzi in reserve), and several other countries have begun to replace police stocks of [=MP5=] [=SMGs=] with the [=MP7=]. There has been much debate over the perceived low power of the 4.6x30mm round, which is unsurprising, as problems with stopping power are a recurring criticism of the PDW concept; the concept would ultimately not be officially adopted as a NATO standard because enough of the members were more interested in the [=MP7=] to keep the P90 from being universally adopted.

* The final gun that Lara gets in the first ''VideoGame/TombRaider''.

The less well-known brother of the [=PPSh-41=], the Pistolet-pulemyot Sudayeva (Sudayev's submachine gun), or PPS, was developed when the [[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets Red Army]] requested a lightweight, compact weapon with similar accuracy and power to the [=PPSh-41=] but with a lower rate of fire, lower production cost, and less manpower to produce (particularly skilled manpower). The [=PPS-43=]'s design was derived from the second out of two prototypes made by Lt. I.K. Bezruchko-Vysotsky at the Dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy in 1942. Alexei Sudayev refined the design, with emphasis on simplifying production and eliminating most of the machining operations required for the [=PPSh-41=] (using sheet-steel stamping instead). He succeeded; in comparison to the [=PPSh-41=] which required 7.3 hours of machining and used 13.9 kg of raw steel, the PPS only took 2.7 hours of machining and 6.2 kg of raw steel, and took even less workers to manufacture and assemble the parts. With this improvement in production efficiency, the Soviets hoped to produce 135,000 to 350,000 of these guns per month. In short, if the [=PPSh=] was [[BoringButPractical crude and simple]], the [=PPS=] was [[UpToEleven even cruder and simpler]].

* One of the most powerful weapons in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', where it's called the Chicago Typewriter (a reference to how it was used in TheRoaringTwenties, as per the quote at the top). Normally it's an [=M1=] fired properly at shoulder level as per usual, and even though [[BottomlessMagazines ammo for it is infinite]], there's still a reload animation should you choose to swap mags [[PlayerTic for compulsion's sake]]. Playing the game with the gangster outfit added in the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 version changes the model into the more iconic "Chicago-style" [=M1928=] with a front foregrip and a drum magazine; also, if you hit reload, Leon will scoff smugly and adjust his NiceHat[[note]]if you do it [[RuleOfThree three times]], he'll toss the hat up, catch it and strike a pose, [[RuleOfCool just because it looks awesome]][[/note]]. Ada gets the [=M1928=] by default in her ''Separate Ways'' campaign, though she has no reload animations whatsoever. She fires it from the hip just like her TMP.

* ''Film/RawDeal'' (1986). Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger takes on TheMafia with an HK 94 carbine (a civilian market [=MP5=] with extended barrel) modified for full auto and with a foregrip. The same modded carbine shows up in ''Film/RedHeat'' as well, though not in Schwarzenegger's hands this time. Arnold also wields one during the final raid on the Network in ''Film/TheRunningMan''.

* '''Cool Action:''' The "HK Slap," where the cocking handle is struck down and forward to chamber a round. Many movies add a huge ka-chack sound effect and turn it into a full-on Karate chop. The slap can actually be performed on most G3 derivatives, but is far more commonly associated with the [=MP5=], it being by far the most well-known G3 derivative. Unlike most of the "Cool Actions" on this list of guns, the "HK Slap" is actually a legitimate and even [[http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hk-nfa-talk/74403-hk-slap.html recommended]] way to charge the weapon (in addition, the MP5's design doesn't allow it to be easily loaded with a 30-round magazine if one round is in the chamber; the handle must be locked back and the magazine inserted and then slapped into battery for best results).

* One of many weapons found in VideoGame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds is the M1928A1, complete with the trademark foregrips and high-capacity drum magazines as findable add-ons.

* Appear in [[VideoGame/ARMA ARMA III: S.O.G Praire Fire]], a Vietnam-themed DLC in the hands of the american MACV-SOG operators surprisingly enough. Scouts use the Supressed Sten Gun, but it's also possible to remove the supressor.

* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' has this gun as basis for USS Saratoga's plane launcher, with her flight deck attached on top of the gun. Her plane storage is therefore represented by the default stack mags, and a few drum mags (which she stores [[VictoriasSecretCompartment underneath her skirt]]).

* Surprisingly makes an appearance in ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', where [[CuteBruiser USS Samuel B. Roberts]] has her 127mm main gun attached to what looks like 3/4ths of the P90, minus the barrel.

* The Steyr-Solothurn [=MP34=] shows up in ''VideoGame/FarCry4''. Befitting [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece how old the weapon is]] compared to everything carried over from ''3'', it doesn't get any attachments in singleplayer (despite the presence of a modern rail system). Tearing down a single one of Pagan Min's propaganda posters unlocks a Signature variant called the "Stormer", which ''does'' get a reflex sight among other improvements. It returned for ''VideoGame/FarCry5'' after one of its "Live Events", looking and performing mostly the same as in ''4'' other than the fact that you can attach things to it now, and the top rail is only present on the model when you do put an optic on it.

* Likewise common in the ''VideoGame/FarCry'' series, showing up in every game in some form. The original and ''VideoGame/FarCry2'' feature the [=MP5SD=], though it's not treated as silenced in the former game. ''VideoGame/FarCry3'' and ''[[VideoGame/FarCry4 4]]'' instead feature the Navy model with a short scope rail and a peculiar rear sight.

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