The Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun, two classic submachine guns (SMGs), helped American GIs win World War II. Both fired the same powerful and ever-beloved .45 ACP (Automatic ...

The .45 caliber submachine gun M3 is often indicated as being a success story of small arms design and development during World War II. Born of the necessities and exigencies of a full national ...

The original M3 “grease gun” was developed in the early 1940s and adopted by the U.S. Army in 1943 as a cost-saving alternative to the much more complex and difficult-to-produce Thompson ...

Task & Purpose got a chance to inspect one of them, a modified .45 caliber M3 “Grease Gun” during a behind-the-scenes tour at the Naval Heritage and History Command in Washington, D.C.

An M3 submachine gun similar to the one pictured here was recovered, along with four other firearms, at a Jersey City demolition site on Thursday, authorities said.

An M3 submachine gun similar to the one pictured here was recovered, along with four other firearms, at a Jersey City demolition site on Thursday, authorities said.

Towards the end of the war the Thompson was supplemented by the M3 “Grease Gun”, also in .45 ACP. In the U.S. Army, the M3 was used up through the 1991 the Gulf War by vehicle and by Delta ...

The APC9K is the first new submachine gun for the U.S. Army since the M3 “Greasegun” of World War II. The service will buy 350 of the compact automatic weapons for $2.5 million, with an option ...

In the battle between the Tommy Gun and Grease Gun, “quantity has a quality all its own.” The Thompson submachine gun and the M3 submachine gun, two classic submachine guns (SMGs), helped ...