Favorite/best sub machine gun

Originally, submachineguns (as the name implies) were designed to be CHEAP and easily built machineguns, that could be carried and fired by one man.

 

and primarily for clearing out rooms and trenchs so a short range weapon

 

i think you're talking about the HK MP7

 

I probably am... That was a long time ago.

 

to my knowledge its the latest one they've brought out and it chambers a simliar round to the P-90 so its designed to penitrate armour like kevlar

 

4.6x30mm

http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg49-e.htm

 

My favourite?

hmm, i would choose the PPsh-41 and/or the MP40

 

thompson! :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

 

Please explain why! :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:

 

The sound. I do not like the box clip. The round clip is my favorite and it's history

 

the drum magazines were heavy and they also rattled. the box magazine in my opinion was much more efficent and more comfortable to carry

 

Weren't the drum magazines prone to jamming?

However, they looked way cool!

 

i dnt kno but to my knowlege they were never taken into military serivce because of the reasons ive stated previously and that is also why the M1 and M1A1 thompsons couldnt take drums magazine becvause they werent being used. but yeh they do look kl but only on a M1928 with a pistol fore grip

 

IIRC some were passed on to Britain early in the war (post-Dunkirk) as an emergancy measure.

 

you are probably right, but from I've been told none were issued to the American forces

 

I think that's correct. For WW2 anyway, the US military used stick magazines. The stick mag was much better suited for military use as it could be easily reloaded from stripper clips, took up less space, easier/faster to make, etc.

The drum does look super cool though. The Tommy Gun in the pic above is what most folks think of when you mention sub-machine gun.

 

mp5 the non plus ultra :lol:

 

I beleive they were, also the C-mags (i belive 100rounds 5.56 NATO) are prone to jamming themselves.

 

Really?
Never heard it from users i know. But you can never know quality checks of different lots.

 

MÖP,
correction I would defenitly take the PPsh-41 and throw the MP40 away.

Regards,
Che.