submachine gun

Example Sentences

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Thompson, who takes his stage name from his wartime submachine gun, rose to fame during the bloody conflicts that tore Yugoslavia apart in the 1990s.

From Barron's

In the predawn hours of March 13, 1944, a Halifax bomber flew across the black waters of the Adriatic Sea carrying four Jewish paratroopers equipped with submachine guns, pistols and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal

Images from Antara suggest one of the objects appeared to be a submachine gun and another looked like a pistol.

From BBC

They drilled through a newly plastered and redecorated area where they discovered three bags inside a tea-towel, with two containing a Skorpion submachine gun each and a pistol in the remaining package.

From BBC

He admitted he had told the FBI that Pratt had a submachine gun.

From Los Angeles Times