Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
POCKET MACHINE GUN
New York Policemen Equipped With
Wonderful Weapon.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED Shots A MINUTE
Wonderful Little Machine Gun Weighs
Only Seven Pounds, Measures Twen
ty.one Inches and Can be Carried
Concealed About the Person.

Concealed About the Person.
4 pistol with the power, rapidity,
and effectiveness Of a machine gun
such is the new "submachine' weapon
recently adopted for use by the New
York police department. Capt. E. c..
Crossman, n United States army
ordnance expert, writing in The Scien-
tific American, pronounces it "the
most efficient man-killer yet pro-
duced," and where bandits rob banks
automobiles, little long-rGnge man.
killing is evidently what is needed.
1t emits "a rcrerberating roac Of
shots" that last while the trisge" is
empty, squirting out 1,50O Of them
every minute-a higher rate. Captain
Crossman asserts, than that Of any
other machine weapon ever devised.
With all these features the gun is
only 90 inches long and weighs but
seven pounds. ~ compromise pistol
and rife" the writer calls it, with
the speed of fire of the highest-speed
aircraft machine guns" Captain
Crossman bids us remember that the
craftsmanship of the average police
man with the average revolver is
something tu make honest men tIin
| pale and the women and children dIcl;
for the subway. He says:
"Herc and there are exceptions, hut
as general rule policemen seem far
inferior to yeSgs when it comes to hit
ting things they intend hitting with
| the pocket gun. I do not know
/ whether the yegg spends some portion
of his ill-gotten gains in target prac-
tice or whether his ability TO hit,
where the officer misses, is due merely
to tho cuSsedness Of inanimata nature.
The fact remains. Wherefore, the an
rouncement in the public prints Of the
adoption by the New York police Of
wicked little submachine gun Is. O.
course, interesting to those persons
who wish to see the customary New
York brand of gunplay made a little
less one-Sided.
Without doubt the early future-wil
see n happy coincidence Of q police
man skilled in the pointing of the new
weapon and an automobile full or
yesgs willing to engage in the custo-
mary running sun-fight. The result
will he the worst -shot-up assortment
Of crooks that has come to the atten-
ton Of the coroner.
"Trhe new gun rs adopted by New
| York consists Of q seven-pound Wea-
pom, go inches over all, and capable
Of being carried in conccalment. 1t is
sort Of compromise between pis-
to and Il rifle, with the speed Of fire
of the highest speed aircraft machine
guns.
AS designed for American use it is
chamhcred for the caliber .4a automat-
ic pistol cartridge, with its powerful
and knockdown blow inflicted by the
a2O- grain bullet. The barrel Is less
than a foot long. \ grip for the left
hand lies below the center OF the bar
rel. while another for the right hand
lies near the rear end Of the gun, be-
low the brooch casing. The magazine
is between the two grips.
$50 arranged. the gun is intended to
he fired from the waist-linc. the fire
being directed by the sense OF feel,
as one throws stcne, and rs used in
the marching fire. of attacking infan-
try during the war. The arm is truly
automatic, not the semmi-automatic
sclr-loading type so often miscalled
automatic. Such arms require pull
of the trigger for each shot, the mech
anism merely ejecting and reloading
the gun. The Submachine Is a true
machine gun in that it fires us long as
tho trigger is back and the cartridge
supply kept up. This particular arm,
however, has n theoretical speed of fire
of 1900 shots per minute, higher than
any other weapon on earth and three
times as high as the average OF mach
inc guns used for land use among
various armies.
IF the trigger is held back, the re-
sult is 4 vcrbcrating roar of shots
come so fast that the ear can not dis
tinguish them apart. This, OF course.
and | find no trouble in firing single
shots merely by quick pressure Of
the trigger and instant release. Any
number Of shots between the single
shot and the entire capacity Of the
magazine is thus at the disposal Of the
fircr.
Were the gun designed for mill
tary cartridge and of this weight and
PROPORTIONS, it would. OF course, be alb
solutcly upmanagcahe in automatic
fire. Those who have used the 1G-
pound light Browning automatic rifle
can testify to the difficulty Of keep
ing the gun from whrling the iircr
around and twisting the gun toward
the sky The recoil of the .45 pistol
cartridge. however, is very light. The
gun is fed by magazines of varying
capacly from the flat, boX-typc 20
shot affair to the drum shaped carry
inm 80 or 1C0. \ feature Of the arm is
its absolute simplicity and fewness OF
parts. When resolved into its conf