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Pulp Submachineguns

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M1928 Thompson, Erma MPE, Lanchester, Soumi KP M/31

Red text represents very generic or popular weapons. Italics represent guns not actually introduced yet by the current campaign date (1933).

submachineguns
name	caliber	range	shots	damage	capacity	loading	malf	weight	cost	year
Beretta 1918/30	9mm Glisenti	20	burst	1d10	25	magazine	96	7	$150	1930
in service with Italian police agencies, and also sold to South American countries (in 9mm Parabellum). Reputation as unreliable.
Beretta M38A	9mm Parabellum	20	1 or burst	1d10	10, 20, 30, 40	magazine	98	9.3	~$150	1935
adopted in 1938 by the Italian military. It is designed to use powerfully-loaded ammunition. The usual issue is six 30-rd magazines and a chest-mounted carrier for five of them.
Bergmann M/20	7.65mm Parabellum	20	burst	1d10	50	magazine	98	9.3	~$200	1920
produced in Switzerland until 1927, in 9mm Parabellum (Finnish Civil Guard), 7.63mm Mauser (China and Japan) and other calibers. Usually issued with four magazines and a spare barrel. This is essentially a copy of the MP 18, and thus very similar to the MP 28 (q.v.)
Bergmann MP34	9mm Parabellum	20	1 or burst	1d10	24, 32	magazine	98	9.3	~$150	1934
minor sales to various military and police organizations, in various calibers (inc. .45 ACP). The MP35 is very similar, but uses MP28 magazines.
BH	7.62mm Tokarev	15	1 or burst	1d10	32	magazine	96	6.2	n/a	1942
a "home made" gun produced by the Polish Resistance, only a very few were ever made. Some also made in 9mm Parabellum. Loaded magazines weigh 1.5 lbs
Erma MP38	9mm Parabellum	20	burst	1d10	32	magazine	98	9.1	?	1938
adopted in 1938 for German panzer crews, and rapidly thereafter to the rest of their military
Erma MPE	9mm Parabellum	20	burst	1d10	32	magazine	98	9.1	~$180	1930
sold to Germany (as the MP34), Spain, and nations in the Balkans, Latin America and Asia. Earlier versions were available from the late 1920s. Also available in 7.63mm Mauser, or any other equivalent caliber.
Lanchester	9mm Parabellum	30	1 or burst	1d10	50	magazine	98	9	$70	1941
British copy of the MP 28/II. Sten guns (and the MP 28) use the same magazine dimensions, so the Lanchester can use 32 round Sten magazines.
MP 28/II	9mm Parabellum	30	1 or burst	1d10	20, 32, 50	magazine	98	9	$70	1928
German weapon -- also manufactured in Belgium as the Mitraillette Modele 34, and in Spain in 9mm Largo caliber; also sold to European, Latin American and Asian armies in various calibers; an expensive 50 round "snail" magazine is available for 9mm Parabellum guns. Derived from the older MP 18, and similar to the Bergmann M/20.
PPD-34	7.62 Tokarev	20	burst	1d10	25, 71	magazine	98	7.1	n/a	1934
mechanically a copy of the MP 28, produced in small numbers for security forces and border guards, unlikely to be seen before 1937. The 71 round drum magazine weighs 5.5 pounds loaded. Also used by China and Spain.
SIG MKPO or MKMO	9x25mm Mauser	30	burst	1d10	30 or 40	magazine	99	9 or 10	$500+	1933
Swiss, excellent quality, very high rate of fire; only small number made, mostly for the Vatican and Finland. Versions are "police" or "military" length.
Soumi KP M/26	7.65mm Parabellum	20	burst	1d10	36	magazine	99	9	?	1925
produced in small numbers for the Finnish military, plus 5 for Estonia. It has an extremely curved magazine.
Soumi KP M/31	9mm Parabellum	30	burst	1d10	20/25, 40, 50, 71	magazine	00	16	$400	1931
Finland's standard SMG; the 71 round drum weighs 5.5 lbs loaded, and were available from 1936. The 50 round magazine was available from 1940. Adopted in 1937 by Sweden, later by Denmark and Switzerland; there were sales in tiny amounts (100 or less) to military, police and private purchasers worldwide. The non-Finnish guns can have a bipod or vertical foregrip if desired.
Steyr-Solothurn SI-100	9mm Parabellum	20	burst	1d10	32	magazine	98	8.5	~$400	1931
of Swiss/German/Austrian origin, used by Austria, Hungary, and various Latin American and Asian countries. Other calibers available
Thompson M1928	45 ACP	20	burst	1d10+2	20, 50, 100	magazine	98	6	$225	1921
used by the US Navy and Marines (500 guns purchased, including those in shipboard armories), the Coast Guard, U.S Postal Service (250 guns, most of them transferred to the USMC by 1927), the NYPD (495 guns seized from an IRA shipment), the Soviet Union (several hundred purchased via Mexico in the 1920s, and used by politically-reliable units), Hollywood studios and prop houses (at least a hundred), a few other police departments and prisons, the Nationalist Chinese, company security forces (for uses during strikes), some Latin American nations, the IRA ... and gangsters. 20 round stick magazines cost $3 each; drum magazines are of 50 round capacity ($21 each), along with very rare, awkward (10 pounds loaded) and expensive ($30) 100 round drums, but change Malfunction to 96 or 95 respectively. A canvas magazine pouch for four 20 round magazines costs $5; a canvas case with shoulder sling for a drum magazine, $6. The manufacturer stopped selling these weapons to civilians in 1930, due to bad publicity; after that date, covert sales of untraceable weapons bring prices of up to $1000 each. 30 round magazines weren't introduced until December of 1941. The usual package for police included a fitted case, a 50 round drum magazine, and two 20 round "stick" magazines. BSA, in the United Kingdom, built a few under license, including some in 9mm Parabellum and 9mm Largo. The earlier M1921 model is mostly the same, but has a lighter bolt and a higher rate of fire.