User blog comment:Darkman 4/CoD7 multiplayer chat/@comment-1700096-20100426123904

Yeah... in german MP (as in MP5, UMP.45) means machinen-pistole, or machine pistol, But these are actually submachineguns, which are full- medium size weapons that fire pistol rounds. And the MAC-10, MP5, and Uzi were around during the Vietnam War.