A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun -style submachine guns. [1] The Austrians introduced the world's first machine pistol, the Steyr …

This page details those compact firearms categorized as machine pistols in modern-speak.

Mar 3, 2025 · Today we continue our series on the development of Croatian pistols towards the XD line. Last week we saw Marko Vukovic’s first design, and today we are looking at his second.

The original “plastic pistol” was a machine pistol. The polymer HK VP70 was a high-capacity, double-action only pistol that became a machine pistol capable of three-shot bursts when its holster stock …

A machine pistol is a typically a handgun-style, [1] magazine-fed, self-loading firearm, capable of fully automatic or burst fire, and chambered for pistol cartridges.

The machine pistol was born early in the 20th century. The concept usually started with a self-loading (semi-automatic) pistol converted to fire bursts or full auto.

May 21, 2013 · There is a variation of the basic pistol that is worthy of a quick look, but is a variation that most of us will never fire, much less own. It’s called a machine pistol, which means a...

This concept would eventually lead to the development of the personal defense weapon or PDW. Today, machine pistols are considered special-purpose weapons with limited utility, with their original niche …

A machine pistol is a handgun that is capable of fully automatic fire, including stockless handgun-style submachine guns.

At its core, a machine pistol is a small automatic firearm designed to fire pistol cartridges. Its hallmark lies in its ability to fire bursts of rounds with remarkable speed, traditionally achieving full-automatic …