Heckler - Koch HK MP7A1 submachine gun / personal defense weapon (PDW) (Germany)
HK MP7A1 submachine gun / personal defense weapon in standard configuration,with shoulder stock and foregrip in firing position, and with collimating sightinstalled on top rail.
HK MP7A1 submachine gun / personal defense weapon with extended 40-roundmagazine and a number of extras, including night sight, flashlight and silencer.
Characteristics
Caliber: 4.6x30mm HK
Weight: 1.5 kg empty
Length (stock closed/open): 340 / 540 mm
Barrel length: 180 mm
Rate of fire: 950 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 20 or 40 rounds
Effective range: 150-200 meters
Heckler und Koch UMP (Germany)
HK UMP-45.
HK UMP-40 with optional equipment: red-dot sight, tactical frontgrip and flashlight.
HK UMP-9 (note curved magazine).
Characteristics
Caliber: .45ACP, .40SW and 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 2.1 - 2.2 kg empty
Lenght (stock closed/open): 450 / 600 mm
Barrel lenght: 200 mm
Rate of fire: 600 - 700 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 10, 25, 30 rounds
Effective range: 100 meters
Heckler und Koch MP-5k (Germany)
HK MP-5K - original variant, with "S-E-F" trigger unit and the standard 30-rounds MP-5 magazine.
HK MP-5KA4 - the most modern variant with ambidextrous, 4-position selector trigger unit and short,15-rounds magazine.
HK MP-5K-PDW - a "Personal Defense Weapon", with proprietary side-folding buttstock and a three-lug muzzle that can accept quick-detachable MP-5 silencers.
MP5K in the special carrying case.
Characteristics
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/ParaWeight: 2 kg without magazine
Length (stock closed/open): 325 mm
Barrel length: 115 mm
Rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 15 or 30 rounds
Effective range: about 25 meters
Heckler und Koch MP-5 (Germany)
HK MP-54, or HK 54 - a prototype submachine gun (1965). Earlier MP-5A1 adopted by German police and Border Guard looked the same. Note that the sights and the muzzle are different from the latter models.
HK MP-5A2 with fixed stock and plastic S-E-F trigger group.
HK MP-5A3 with retractable buttstock. Earlier model with checkered handguard and a stamped steel S-E-F (in fact, S-1-A) trigger group.
HK MP-5SD3. A silenced version with integral silencer and retractable stock ofA3 version. Early type stamped steel trigger group.
HK MP-5N. Modern version developed for US Navy. Features plastic trigger group of latest design, with ambidextrous selector lever and "icon"markings. Barrel is threaded to accept US-made detachable silencers, in addition to HK standard three-lug mounts. Retractable buttstock of A3 configuration.
Visual difference between trigger units:
left -earliest type stamped steel with plastic grip (converted from semi-auto only civilian gun HK 94, with American markings on selector);
middle - early type all-plastic with S-E-F markings;
right - most modern all-plastic design of "A4" variation,with additional 3-rounds burst facility and icon markings.
HK MP-5 field-stripped. Note that both types of stocks are shown - fixed A2 typeand retractable A3 type.
Characteristics
| MP-5A2 | MP-5A3 | |
| Caliber | 9x19mm Parabellum (also .40S&W and 10mm Auto) | |
| Weight, empty | 2.54 kg | 2.88 kg |
| Length | 680 mm | 490 / 660 mm |
| Barrel length | 225 mm | |
| Rate of fire | 800 rounds per minute | |
| Magazines | 15 and 30 rounds | |
Individual Multi-Purpose Weapon IMP-221 / GUU-4/P submachine gun (USA)
The IMP-221 / GUU-4/P individual multi-purpose weapon. Note that the pistol grip is canted to the side to provide comfortable hold.
The semi-automatic Bushmaster "Armpistol", designed by Mack Gwinn in 1980s, followed the original concept of the IMP-221, but it was chambered for standard .223 Rem / 5.56x45 ammunition.
Characteristics
| Caliber | .221 Fireball (5.56x36) |
| Weight | n/a |
| Length (stock closed/open) | n/a |
| Barrel length | n/a |
| Rate of fire | 500 rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 10 or 30 rounds |
Colt mod. 635 (USA)
Colt model 635 submachine gun.
Colt model 633 "shorty" submachine gun.
Characteristics
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 2.59 kg empty
Lenght (stock closed/open): 650 / 730 mm
Barrel lenght: 260 mm
Rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 20 or 32 rounds
Effective range: 200 meters
Ares FMG / folding submachine gun (USA)
Original Ares FMG folding submachine gun, shown opened and with spare magazine.
9mm M-21 submachine gun by Dave Boatman was a very close copy of the Ares FMG submachine gun. Shown here in its folded configuration, M-21 is disguised as a portable radio set of the time (mid-1980s).
Image by Oleg Volk
Data for prototype Ares FMG
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 2.09 kg empty
Length (closed/open): 270 / 490 mm
Barrel length: n/a
Rate of fire: ~500-600 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
Effective range: less than 100 meters
Uzi pro submachine gun (Israel)
Uzi Pro submachine gun.
| Caliber | 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum |
| Weight | 2,3 kg |
| Length (stock closed/open) | 282 / 514 mm |
| Barrel length | 134 mm |
| Rate of fire | 1050 rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 25 rounds |
UZI / Mini UZI / Micro UZI submachine gun (Israel)
Uzi submachine gun with metallic buttstock in opened position.
Uzi submachine gun with metallic buttstock in folded position.
Uzi submachine gun with fixed (detachable) wooden buttstock.
Mini-Uzi submachine gun with shoulder stock folded.
Mini-Uzi submachine gun with shoulder stock opened.
Micro-Uzi submachine gun with shoulder stock opened.
Micro-Uzi submachine gun with shoulder stock folded.
Characteristics
| UZI | Mini UZI | Micro UZI | |
| Caliber | 9x19mm Luger/Para | 9x19mm Luger/Para | 9x19mm Luger/Para |
| Weight, kg | 3,7 | 2,7 | 1,5 |
| Length, mm (stock closed / open) | 470 / 650 | 360 / 600 | 250 / 460 |
| Barrel length, mm | 400 | 197 | 117 |
| Rate of fire, rounds/min | 600 | 950 | 1250 |
| Magazine capacity, rounds | 25 , 32 | 20, 25, 32 | 20 |
| Effective range, meters | 200 | 100 | 30 |
Minebea M-9 submachine gun (Japan)
Minebea M-9 submachine gun.
Characteristics
| Caliber | 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum |
| Weight | 2.8 kg / 6.2 lbs |
| Length | 399 mm / 15.7" |
| Barrel length | 120 mm / 4.7" |
| Rate of fire | 1100 rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 25 rounds |
| Effective range | 50-100 meters |
Steyr AUG Para 9mm submachine gun (Austria)
Steyr AUG A1 Para 9mm submachine gun, original version.
Steyr AUG A3 XS 9mm submachine gun.
Characteristics
Data for current production Steyr AUG A3 XS submachine gun
Caliber 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum
Weight 3,0 kg empty
Length 610 mm
Barrel length: 325 mm
Magazine capacity 25 rounds
Rate of fire ~700 rounds/minute
Steyr TMP (Austria)
Steyr TMP.
CharacteristicsCaliber: 9x19mm Luger/Parabellum
Weight: 1,3 kg empty
Length: 282 mm
Rate of fire: 800-900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 15 or 30 rounds
Beretta MX4 submachine gun (Italy)
| Caliber | 9x19 NATO / Luger |
| Weight | 2,48 kg empty |
| Overall length | 647 mm |
| Barrel length | 312 mm |
| Rate of fire | n/a |
| Magazine capacity | 30 rounds |
Type 05 5.8mm / JS 9mm submachine gun (PR China)
Military issue Type 05 submachine gun, caliber 5.8x21mm.
Police-type JS submachine gun, caliber 9x19mm, fitted with telescope sight anddetachable silencer.
Characteristics
| Type 05 | JS (Jian She) | |
| Caliber | 5.8x21mm DAP92-5.8 | 9x19mm DAP92-9 (9mm Luger/Para) |
| Weight | 2.2 kg empty | 2.1 kg empty |
| Length | 500 mm | 450 mm |
| Barrel length | n/a | n/a |
| Rate of fire | n/a | n/a |
| Magazine capacity | 50 rounds | 30 rounds |
| Effective range | 150-200 m | 100-150 m |
Chang Feng submachine gun (PR China)
Early version of Chang Feng submachine gun chambered for 5.8x21 DAP58 ammunition; this weapon had dual feed option, with primary helical magazine located at the top of the receiver and secondary pistol-type magazine located in the rear grip.
Current version of the Chang Feng submachine gun, chambered for ubiquitous 9x19 cartridge; secondary feed option with pistol magazine is omitted from design.Gun is fitted with red dot (collimating) sight.
Characteristics
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 2.1 kg empty
Length (stock closed/open): 405 / 588 mm
Barrel length: 250 mm
Rate of fire: 800 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 50 rounds
Effective range: 100-150 meters
Type 85 submachine gun (PR China)
Type 85 submachine gun.
Type 85 silenced submachine gun.
Characteristics
| Type 85 | Type 85 silenced | |
| Caliber | 7.62x25 Type 51 / TT | 7.62x25 Type 64 |
| Weight | 1.9 kg empty | 2.5 kg empty |
| Length (stock closed/open) | 444 / 628 mm | 631 / 869 mm |
| Barrel length | 210 mm | n/a |
| Rate of fire | 780 rounds per minute | 800 rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 30 rounds | 30 rounds |
| Effective range | 150-200 m | 100-150 m |
FN P90 personal defense weapon / submachine gun (Belgium)
FN P90 personal defense weapon / submachine gun in basic configuration, left side.
FN P90 personal defense weapon / submachine gun in basic configuration, right side.
FN P90 TR (triple rail version) personal defense weapon / submachine gun, with installed accessories including optical sight on top rail, flashlight on left rail, and silencer on the barrel.
FN PS90 - a civilian semi-automatic only version of P90 with long barrel.
Bottom view on the filed FN P90 magazine, showing position of the stored cartridges and cartridge in feed position.
FN P90 partially disassembled.
Characteristics
Caliber: 5.7x28mm SS190
Weight: 2.54 kg empty; 3 kg loaded with magazine with 50 rounds
Length: 500 mm
Barrel length: 263 mm
Rate of fire: 900 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 50 rounds
Effective range: 200 meters
PM-98, PM98S and PM-06 submachine gun (Poland)
PM-98 submachine gun, buttstock retracted.
PM-06 submachine gun, buttstock retracted, with optional red-dot sight.
PM-06 submachine gun, buttstock collapsed.
Characteristics
| PM-98 | PM-06 | |
| Caliber | 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum | |
| Weight | 2.3 kg empty | 2.5 kg empty |
| Length (stock closed/open) | 405 / 605 mm | 395 / 610 mm |
| Barrel length | 185 mm | 185 mm |
| Rate of fire | 640 rounds per minute 770 rounds per minute PM-98S | 640 rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 15 or 25 rounds | 15 or 25 rounds |
STKinetics CPW submachine gun - Compact Personal Weapon (Singapore)
STK CPWprototye with red dot sight and telescoping butt collapsed.
Characteristics
| Caliber | 9x19mm Luger / Parabellum, possible others |
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
| Length (stock closed/open) | 350 / 500 mm |
| Barrel length | 180 mm |
| Rate offire | 900-1100rounds per minute |
| Magazine capacity | 30 rounds |
| Effectiverange | 100 meters |