A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term "submachine gun" was coined by John T. Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, to describe its design concept as an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun (hence the prefix "sub-"). As a machine gun must fire rifle cartridges to be classified as such, submachine guns are not considered machine guns.
Weapons[]
| Weapons of Day of Defeat | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rifle | Bolt-action | Kar98k • Springfield • Lee-Enfield |
| Semi-auto | M1 Garand • M1 Carbine • K43 | |
| Machine Guns | Sub | MP40 • M1 Thompson • Sten • M3 |
| Light | BAR • MP44 • FG42 • Bren | |
| Medium | Browning M1919 • MG34 • MG42 | |
| Explosives | Launcher | Bazooka • Panzerschreck • PIAT • Mortar |
| Grenade | Mk 2 • Stielhandgranate • Mills Bomb | |
| Misc. | Sidearms | M1911 • Luger • Webley |
| Melee | Satchel • Spade • Knife | |