submachine gun

type of automatic firearm
Thing firearm_family Q178550
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submachine gun

Summary

submachine gun is a firearm family[1]. It draws 1,157 Wikipedia views per month (firearm_family category, ranking #5 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • submachine gun's instance of is recorded as firearm family[3].
  • submachine gun is a type of carbine[4].
  • submachine gun is a type of pistol[5].
  • submachine gun's Commons category is recorded as Submachine guns[6].
  • submachine gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Submachine guns[7].
  • submachine gun's Commons gallery is recorded as Submachine guns[8].
  • submachine gun's different from is recorded as machine pistol[9].
  • submachine gun's different from is recorded as machine gun[10].
  • submachine gun's uses is recorded as pistol cartridge[11].
  • submachine gun's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Submachine_Gun[12].
  • submachine gun's P14870 is recorded as ont00001096[13].

Body

Definition and Type

submachine gun's instance of is recorded as firearm family[3]. Recorded subclass of include carbine[4] and pistol[5].

Influence

Things named for submachine gun include mitraillette[14], a dish[15].

Why It Matters

submachine gun draws 1,157 Wikipedia views per month (firearm_family category, ranking #5 of 21).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include mitraillette[14], a dish[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00001096
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00001096"
  2. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Submachine_Gun
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Submachine_Gun, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0221941-samopaly
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0221941-samopaly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → machine pistol, machine gun
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → carbine, pistol
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18571, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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