The Thompson submachine gun (or Tommy Gun) gets all the glory, but the M3 was just as impactful on the battlefields of WWII. Nicknamed the "Grease Gun" because of its resemblance to a mechanic's ...

In 1941 the US Military began looking for an alternative for the Thompson submachine guns. In December of 1942 they adopted a new submachine gun, the M3. Built from an all steel construction using ...

The ever-savvy Travis Pike (a U.S. Marine Corps veteran) penned an article for SOFPREPback in August 2021 titled “ 5 Reasons Why the M3 Grease Gun Was Better Than the Thompson.” ...

The M3 submachine gun, or “Grease Gun,” as it was commonly known, was developed by General Motors and introduced in 1944 as a replacement for the M1 Thompson.

Getting to looting, I was surprised to see an M3 grease gun on my enemy. It seemed a bit out of date for a modern combat zone, but it was certainly an exciting inclusion.

The M3 submachine gun, known as the “grease gun,” was created to replace the Tommy gun, but service members were reluctant despite the new SMG weighing less.

Way back in my brain, I recognized the name but realized I knew nothing about the gun or why the M1A1 and M3 have that gap between them. So, today we’ll discover what happened to the M2 Hyde.

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 ...

The M3 submachine gun, or “Grease Gun,” as it was commonly known, was developed by General Motors and introduced in 1944 as a replacement for the M1 Thompson.

The Thompson submachine gun, for example, was first adopted by the Army in 1938. However, by the end of World War II, less than a decade later, it was replaced by the M3 “Grease Gun.” ...

The M3 submachine gun was designed and made by Guide Lamp Division, Saginaw made M1 carbines and Inland made M1 carbines and .50 caliber machine gun parts. Toyo Kogyo (Mazda) also made rifles in WWII.