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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Even with the advent of modern firearms, the M3 persisted in service, with some units retaining the submachine gun into the late 20th century and beyond. Scorned by some for its ungainly appearance, ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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