And apparently through us, to English: > The term can also be used to describe a stockless handgun-style submachine gun. The term is a calque of Maschinenpisto

And apparently through us, to English: > The term can also be used to describe a stockless handgun-style submachine gun. The term is a calque of Maschinenpistole, the German word for submachine guns. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_pistol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_pistol Didn’t realize it wasn’t as widespread as SMG.