ExperienceshowedtheGermans that the averagesubmachinegun was too muscular for reliable accuracy within a thousand feet, which made it sketchyin closecombat situations.
This occurred to me (yet again) during the deafening first sequence of "Lethal Weapon 4, " which consists of an armor-clad gunman with a super-deluxe flame thrower and a submachinegun walking through what looks like the rainstorm that forced Noah to build an ark.