submachine gun

Noun

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

Japanese Meaning

ピストル弾を使用する近距離での戦闘用、個人携行可能な短機関銃。

Officers recovered a loaded submachine gun from the abandoned car.

警察官は放置された車から装填された短機関銃を回収した。

Sense（1）

A type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition.

Bare-chested children and their parents gathered in doorways, on roofs and in windows as he passed, watched warily by Brazilian troops carrying submachine guns. - New York Times, 09/03/2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09cnd-prexy.html?ref=world

submachine guns

（ plural ）