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submachine gun

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submachine gun

Summary

submachine gun is a firearm family[1]. It draws 4,091 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].

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[12], a dish[13].

Why It Matters

submachine gun draws 4,091 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.[14] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Entities named for it include mitraillette[12], a dish[13].

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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . 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. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 3d 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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