The first mass-produced German submachine gun, designed by Hugo Schmeisser and adopted in 1918 for assault troops at the end of the First World War. One of the first practical submachine guns that proved effective in trench warfare. After the war, he was in service with the police of the Weimar Republic and was used in colonial conflicts. It became the prototype for many subsequent PP, for example PPSh-41 and Thompson.

A German submachine gun from the Second World War, created by designer Heinrich Vollmer at the end of 1939. It began mass production in 1940, and is one of the most recognizable symbols of the Wehrmacht. It was widely used on the Eastern Front, in Africa and Western Europe. After World War II, it was used in the Israeli War of Independence, the Indochina and Algerian Wars. He even met in the 1967 Six-Day War.

A Soviet submachine gun developed in 1940 by designer G. S. Shpagin and adopted by the Red Army on December 21, 1940. It was the main submachine gun of the Red Army in the Second World War. By the mid-1960s, the PPSH was decommissioned by the Soviet Army and gradually replaced by the Kalashnikov assault rifle. It is still in service with paramilitary security units and the Interior Ministry of a number of CIS countries.

The American submachine gun from the Thompson family, modification M1A1, which began production in October 1942. It is a simplified and more widespread version of the famous "Tommy Gun" Full name - United States Submarine Gun, Cal. .45, M1A1. A similar version of the Thompson was produced twice as fast as the M1928A1, and cheaper. By the end of the war, 539,140 copies of this model had been produced, but the M1A1 was already being replaced by the even cheaper M3.

An American submachine gun from the Second World War. It was put into service on December 12, 1942 under the name "United States Submarine Gun, Cal. .45, M3». Designed as a cheap alternative to the expensive-to-manufacture Thompson M1A1. It was used during World War II and the Korean War, by the beginning of the Vietnam War it was in service with intelligence units and tank units of the US Army, later it was in service with the FBI and units of the National Guard. It remained in service with armored vehicle crews until at least 2005.

An Israeli submachine gun developed in the 1950s by Uziel Gal. It was used in the Israeli army and police, as well as in many countries around the world. It was officially operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) until 2003, when it began to be massively replaced by more modern models such as the Micro Tavor (X95) and the M4 CAR-15. It is popular among special forces and security structures due to its reliability and simplicity. 

An American compact submachine gun designed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. It was intended for use in cramped rooms, urban buildings, aircraft cabins, etc. A two-stage silencer from Sionics was also developed for the MAC-10, which not only reduces noise levels, but also facilitates control when firing in automatic mode. For ten years, the semi-automatic pistol version of this weapon was banned in the United States under the Assault Weapons Act passed by Congress in 1994.