machine pistol

Questions

What does machine pistol mean?

A lightweight submachine gun, usually capable of being fired with one hand (but sometimes with a second grip at the front of the barrel and then fired like a rifle).

Where does machine pistol come from?

Calque of German Maschinenpistole.

How to pronounce machine pistol

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