Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heavy submachine gun

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. j⚛e decker ^talk 01:35, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Heavy submachine gun[edit]

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While this does seem a valid topic, there are no sources in the article, and various Google searches ("Heavy submachine gun" on Web and Books) seems to return no official sources classifying this beyond a submachine gun that is heavy. It was split out from submachine gun, but I'm not sure it should be merged back. Ansh666 07:45, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Firearms-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:06, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:06, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I created this article from info added to Submachine gun page by User:OiBlud that was outside the scope of that article. At the time, I thought is was a reasonable compromise. Otherwise, I would have simply deleted the info outright. I agree with Ansh...There is no such classification as Heavy submachine gun and the weapons described within said article are simply referred to as machine guns. If other editors want to delete the Heavy submachine gun page...then so be it...I will not defend the page.--RAF910 (talk) 15:16, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above. This is not a real class of weaponry. It may be descriptive when comparing Uzis to Steyr TMP's, but that has more to do with the manufacturing process and raw materials.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 18:21, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There does not seem to be evidence to support this as being an official class of weapons. --Jersey92 (talk) 04:06, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Given the described characteristics and examples, it looks like this article duplicates either Squad automatic weapon or Light machine gun or both. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 16:24, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

With the distinction that they fire pistol cartridges (e.g. 9×19mm) rather than rifle cartridges (e.g. 7.62×51mm). Still, I don't think this is an official classification. Ansh666 02:07, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.