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 ACP chambered submachine gun M3 was born of the necessities of a full national wartime mobilization. At peak production M3s were a bargain at $20.94 each, which is less than half the cost ...

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 ...

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. (Dickson Phua/flicr creative ...

In a surprise move, the U.S. Army is asking industry for ideas for a new submachine gun. The last time the Army adopted a submachine gun was in 1943. It’s not clear why the Army wants a new ...

The APC9K is the U.S. Army’s first submachine gun since World War II, when it fielded the M1 Thompson submachine gun and the M3 “Grease gun”.

During World War II, the United States had two dominating submachine guns, the M1A1 Thompson, also known as the Tommy Gun, and the more affordable M3 submachine gun (SMG) which was produced later ...

For the elite sailors, “training was continued on the M3 and M3A1 weapons well into the 1970s, but the Grease Gun was considered an obsolete weapon by 1974.” ...