SMG

Machine Gun has other meanings. See Machine Gun (disambiguation) for other uses.

Submachine Gun(Thompson M1946)
Specifications
Weapon Type	Submachine Gun
Ammunition Type	Light Rounds (See Trivia)
Weapon Action	Fully-automatic: Blowback
Weapons Stats
Damage	Moderate
Magazine Capacity	40 Rounds
Total Ammunition Inventory	80 Rounds
Appearances
Appears In	Wolfenstein: The New Order

For a similar weapon seen in Return To Castle Wolfenstein, see Thompson.

"A standard-issue US Army submachine gun. Its high fire-rate makes it useful when taking on many enemies at close range."

―Journal description.

The Submachine Gun or SMG is an automatic weapon appearing in Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood. It is the standard-issue primary weapon of the Allied Forces in 1946 and the first weapon given to the player. The SMG is similar to the 1921 Thompson Submachine Gun, with a compensator, lighter hammer drill, shorter barrel and a simplified M1 Thompson iron sight.

Description

The Submachine Gun is a fast-firing weapon with a large magazine size and low overall recoil, making it useful when engaging multiple enemies up close or for sniping. Ammunition for this weapon is very easy to find due to it sharing the same pickup type as the Handgun 1946, though firing it wildly would still result in shortage.

Although handy to have, the Submachine Gun is quickly supplanted by the vastly more useful Assault Rifle 1946, which can be picked up from the first enemy soldier encountered. Compared to its replacement the Submachine Gun is substantially weaker, harder to get ammo for and cannot be dual-wielded.

It does not make an appearance after the timeskip nor does it have a 1960 counterpart. But in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, a similar weapon (albeit of German manufacture) named the Maschinenpistole is introduced.

Summary

Pros

• Accurate
• Manageable recoil
• Large magazine
• High rate-of-fire

Cons

• Low total ammo and additional ammunition is hard to come by
• Cannot be dual-wielded
• Crosshair blooms wildly when hipfired

Upgrades

Perk Upgrades:

• Deadeye: Increases the SMG's headshot damage when sighted.
• Quick Draw: The SMG is equipped faster.
• Quick Reload: The SMG is reloaded faster.
• Dual-wield Expert: Increases the SMG's standard total ammo capacity.

Trivia

• Judging by the size of the rounds in the magazine and the size of the magazine itself, the SMG appears to be chambered in .30 carbine, clearly indicated that the Allies fielding more weapons with higher velocity rounds to have greater penetrative power against improved Nazi armor.
• It appears that the SMG was based on the prototype Thompson Light Rifle chambered in .30 carbine, which was created by the Auto-Ordnance company in 1939 for testing during the 'carbine trials' (which would eventually see Winchester's M1 Carbine being adopted), the one existing prototype is currently housed at the Cody Firearms Museum and could be the inspiration for the firearm implemented in the game.
• The SMG and the Handgun 1946 share the same ammo pool of Light rounds, despite the fact the the Handgun 1946 uses a modified 9mm pistol round and SMG is using a light rifle round based on both weapons magazine sizes.
• The SMG is akin to the MP40 and MP43 from the previous game, almost identical in terms of combat purpose, effective range, and recoil.
• Before rappelling up Deathshead's fortress, Fergus admits that Thompson M1946 themselves are inferior to the German assault rifles and tells everyone to pick one up off a dead Nazi soldier if possible.
• Despite this, Fergus and the rest of the squad use their SMGs throughout the chapter, never replacing them with the StG 46.
• The SMG third-person model has a foregrip which can be seen when it is wielded by an NPC or even Blazkowicz himself when his character model is viewed in the Extras segment.
• The SMG is wielded by Fergus Reid in the final cinematic of Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, but the player can't equip it.
• It is unknown whether this weapon is dual-wieldable or not since we never get two SMGs.
• In real life, Thompson M1A1 and Thompson M1928A1 were exported to USSR as part of the Lend-lease program and was using by Red Army in Steppe and North-Caucasian Fronts.

Gallery

Screenshots

Blazkowicz holding the Submachine Gun.

The Submachine Gun's iron sights.

The Submachine Gun being fired.

The Submachine Gun being reloaded.

Concept Art

Submachine Gun 3D model.

Real Model

Parts of the Smg

3D model of The Grappling Hook variant of the SMG, used by B.J. and his comrades to climb the wall of Deathsheads Compound