Telling the difference between a machine pistol and a compact SMG

[Mazryonh]

Originally Posted by AdAstra2009

Well going by the dictionary definition an smg is just a machinegun that fires pistol type rounds.

Unless the wiki is going to lump the machine pistol and SMG categories together, I believe a definition like mine would do well to settle the grey areas between the two. And the "machine gun" definition is a bit outdated by those unfamiliar with firearms. It used to mean any firearm that was capable of fully-automatic fire or was select-fire. Now that term should stick with the infantry support weapon class or a vehicle-mounted fully-automatic firing weapon.