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 ===Rate of fire===
-In fully automatic mode, a submachine gun's rate of fire depends on its [[enchantment]] and the hero's firearms skill, as outlined in the table below:
+In fully automatic mode, the impact of a submachine gun's [[enchantment]] and the hero's firearms skill on its rate of fire is detailed in the table below:
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 ==Description==
-The submachine gun has a range of 10 squares with a base rate of fire of 3, and has three different modes of fire that it can switch between: fully automatic, burst, and single-shot. Submachine guns are always generated in fully automatic mode, and [[applying]] one will switch it between modes.
+The submachine gun has a range of 10 squares with a base rate of fire of 3. It has two different modes of fire&ndash;fully automatic and semi-automatic&ndash;and a [[hero]] can switch between them by [[applying]] it.{{refsrc|apply.c|3789|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} Submachine guns are always generated in fully automatic mode.
 In Hack'EM, a submachine gun can be combined with an iron chain at a forge to create a [[Heavy machine gun (SLASH'EM)|heavy machine gun]].

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 ===Hack'EM===
-In Hack'EM, bullets are not randomly generated, though they can be wished for or found in bones.
+In Hack'EM, submachine guns are not randomly generated, though they can be wished for or found in bones.
 Gun stores can stock submachine guns, and have a {{frac|20}} chance of generating a submachine gun on each square.

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 The submachine gun (commonly abbreviated SMG, also known as a "sub-gun") is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term was coined by [[wikipedia:John T. Thompson|John T. Thompson]], the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun (colloquially known as the ''Tommygun''), to describe an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun that does not use rifle cartridges, hence the "sub-" prefix. Submachine guns tend to feature stability-focused improvements&mdash;the magazine often, but not always, acts as a foregrip, and they usually have a folding or fixed buttstock.
 The submachine gun was developed during World War I (1914–1918) as a close quarter offensive weapon, mainly for trench raiding. At its peak during World War II (1939–1945), millions of submachine guns were made for assault troops and auxiliaries whose doctrines emphasized close-quarter suppressive fire. New submachine gun designs appeared frequently during the Cold War, especially among special forces, commandos and mechanized infantrymen. Submachine gun usage for frontline combat decreased in the 1980s and 1990s, and they have largely been supplanted by assault rifles in modern armies; they are still used by police and special forces who expect to engage in close-quarters combat, as their size makes them easier to handle than assault rifles in such circumstances, and their low-power rounds are less likely to penetrate walls and cause collateral damage.

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Submachine gun}}
 The submachine gun (commonly abbreviated SMG, also known as a "sub-gun") is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term was coined by [[wikipedia:John T. Thompson|John T. Thompson]], the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun (colloquially known as the ''Tommygun''), to describe an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun that does not use rifle cartridges, hence the "sub-" prefix. Submachine guns tend to feature stability-focused improvements&mdash;the magazine often, but not always, acts as a foregrip, and they usually have a folding or fixed buttstock.
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 Submachine guns tend to have ''higher'' rates of fire than other automatic weapons, primarily due to their lightweight construction and lightweight [[Wikipedia:Bolt (firearms)|bolts]]. Notably, the [[Wikipedia:MAC-10|Ingram MAC-10]] was said to be able to "saw a man in half" due to its 1500 rounds/minute rate of fire&mdash;while highly likely to be an exaggeration, the gun's rate of fire was indeed approximately twice that of most machine guns or assault rifles.  Other iconic SMGs, such as the Uzi or MP5, still have quite high rates of fire in the 900-1000RPM range. It is not clear which model of submachine gun that the weapon in variants of ''[[NetHack]]'' is meant to be based on&mdash;one guess is that its much lower rate of fire may have been an attempt to scale it to [[multishot]] mechanics, since replicating an SMG's actual rate of fire would be highly impractical.
 ==References==

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 {{for|the weapon in dNetHack and its derivatives|submachine gun (dNetHack)}}
-A '''submachine gun''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The submachine gun is a [[one-handed]] [[launcher]] that uses the [[firearms]] skill and is designed for use with [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]]. It is made of [[iron]]. In Hack'EM, it appears as a "[[strange broken crossbow]]" when unidentified, similar to [[Submachine gun (dNetHack)|the item]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]].
+A '''submachine gun''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The submachine gun is a [[one-handed]] [[launcher]] that uses the [[firearms]] skill and is designed for use with [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]]. It is made of [[iron]].
 ==Generation==

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 ==Origin==
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+{{wikipedia|Submachine gun}}
-The submachine gun (commonly abbreviated SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term was coined by [[wikipedia:John T. Thompson|John T. Thompson]], the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun (colloquially known as the ''Tommygun''), to describe an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun that does not use rifle cartridges.  Unlike pistols, SMGs feature stability-focused improvements: the magazine often, but not always, acts as a foregrip, and they usually have a folding or fixed buttstock.
+The submachine gun (commonly abbreviated SMG, also known as a "sub-gun") is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges. The term was coined by [[wikipedia:John T. Thompson|John T. Thompson]], the inventor of the Thompson submachine gun (colloquially known as the ''Tommygun''), to describe an automatic firearm with notably less firepower than a machine gun that does not use rifle cartridges, hence the "sub-" prefix. Submachine guns tend to feature stability-focused improvements&mdash;the magazine often, but not always, acts as a foregrip, and they usually have a folding or fixed buttstock.
-Due to their lightweight construction, most notably due to their lightweight [[Wikipedia:Bolt (firearms)|bolt]]s, submachine guns actually tend to have a ''higher'' rate of fire than other automatic weapons, rather than a lower one as depicted in SLASH'EM.  Notably, the [[Wikipedia:MAC-10|Ingram MAC-10]] was said to be able to "saw a man in half" due to its 1500 rounds/minute rate of fire.  While it is unlikely that the gun was actually capable of such a feat, its rate of fire was indeed approximately twice that of most machine guns or assault rifles.  Other iconic SMGs, such as the Uzi or MP5, still have quite high rates of fire, in the 900-1000RPM range.
+There are some inconsistencies in the classification of submachine guns: British Commonwealth sources often refer to SMGs as "machine carbines", while other sources refer to SMGs as "machine pistols" because they fire pistol-caliber ammunition, e.g. the MP-40 and MP5, where "MP" stands for Maschinenpistole ("submachine gun" in German, but cognate with the English term "machine pistol"). However, the term "machine pistol" is also used to describe a handgun-style firearm capable of fully automatic or burst fire, such as the Stechkin, Beretta 93R, Glock 18, and the H&K VP70. Furthermore, personal defense weapons such as the FN P90 and H&K MP7 are a subset of submachine guns.
-While submachine guns saw common use during both World Wars, they have largely been supplanted by assault rifles in modern armies. They are still used by police and special forces who expect to engage in close-quarters combat, as their size makes them easier to handle than assault rifles in such circumstances, and their low-power rounds are less likely to penetrate walls and cause collateral damage.
+The submachine gun was developed during World War I (1914–1918) as a close quarter offensive weapon, mainly for trench raiding. At its peak during World War II (1939–1945), millions of submachine guns were made for assault troops and auxiliaries whose doctrines emphasized close-quarter suppressive fire. New submachine gun designs appeared frequently during the Cold War, especially among special forces, commandos and mechanized infantrymen. Submachine gun usage for frontline combat decreased in the 1980s and 1990s, and they have largely been supplanted by assault rifles in modern armies; they are still used by police and special forces who expect to engage in close-quarters combat, as their size makes them easier to handle than assault rifles in such circumstances, and their low-power rounds are less likely to penetrate walls and cause collateral damage.
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 Stormtroopers have a {{frac|2}} chance of being generated with a submachine gun and a stack of {{rn1|30|3}} bullets as ammo. [[Grund the Orc King (Hack'EM)|Grund the Orc King]] always generates with a submachine gun and a stack of {{rn1|39|3}} bullets as ammo.
-A submachine gun can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] by combining an [[iron chain]] and a [[Pistol (Hack'EM)|pistol]].
+A submachine gun can be created at a [[Forge (dungeon feature)|forge]] by combining an [[iron chain]] and a [[Pistol (SLASH'EM)|pistol]].
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