M3 Greasegun

[odanny]

I've read many memoirs of soldiers in WWII (With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge is the finest, by a mile) but in the ETO, the Greasegun was a mass produced rifle that was very inexpensive to make, and I've read accounts from guys there who lost their friends in combat beacuse it had a tendency to jam in close quarters urban combat, leaving you vulnerable without a sidearm.

Never seen one fired before at an actual range though, and never fired one.

I bet the MP40 was much more reliable.

MP 40 - Wikipedia

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[MaryL]

Really?

 

[odanny]

Really?

Interesting, his M3 was made by GM, and my M1 Carbine (2/44) was also made by GM. And that video reminded me that it was the magazine drop I was thinking of, not the weapon jamming. Big difference!

Thanks for the video.

 

[odanny]

Now ya killin', now ya aint.

 

[MaryL]

My guy did a review of the STEN.

 

[yidnar]

I've read many memoirs of soldiers in WWII (With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge is the finest, by a mile) but in the ETO, the Greasegun was a mass produced rifle that was very inexpensive to make, and I've read accounts from guys there who lost their friends in combat beacuse it had a tendency to jam in close quarters urban combat, leaving you vulnerable without a sidearm.

Never seen one fired before at an actual range though, and never fired one.

I bet the MP40 was much more reliable.

MP 40 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

tank crews used to carry them also .

 

[odanny]

Check out what this guy did to a dug up M3 that was completely roached:

 

[1srelluc]

tank crews used to carry them also .

They ware still in use by tank crews in Vietnam.

One of my friends drove a M48 there in '65-'66 and was issued one.

I believe this pic was taken in Germany but you get the idea.

Edit: I was just down at the local flea market and my friend was there and I told him of this thread.

He said, and I quote, "the M3 was a piece of shit".

 

[westwall]

I've read many memoirs of soldiers in WWII (With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge is the finest, by a mile) but in the ETO, the Greasegun was a mass produced rifle that was very inexpensive to make, and I've read accounts from guys there who lost their friends in combat beacuse it had a tendency to jam in close quarters urban combat, leaving you vulnerable without a sidearm.

Never seen one fired before at an actual range though, and never fired one.

I bet the MP40 was much more reliable.

MP 40 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Submachine gun. Not rifle. I owned an M3A1, and it was reliable as hell.