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The M3 was commonly referred to as the "Grease Gun" or simply "the Greaser", owing to its visual similarity to the mechanic's tool. [13] The M3 was intended as a replacement for the Thompson, and began to enter frontline service in mid-1944. By late 1944, the M3A1 variant was introduced, which also saw use in the Korean War and later conflicts.
The Pistola Ametralladora (English: "Machine gun" or "machine pistol"), often referred to as the PAM submachine gun, was a series of two Argentine submachine guns (the PAM-1 and PAM-2) that were licensed variants of the American M3A1 'Grease Gun'.
Submachine guns. HROPI GP10 submachine gun [26] (Greek made) M3 submachine gun (American made, also known as grease gun) Sten submachine gun (British made) Thompson submachine gun (American made) Automatic rifles. HROPI automatic rifle [26] (Greek made) FN FAL (Belgian origin and Greek modification) Heckler & Koch G3 (German origin and Greek ...
The designers of the American M3 "Grease Gun" examined British Sten guns and captured MP 40s for usable construction details. The folding stock became the model for those on later weapons, such as the Soviet PPS-43 and the AKS version of the AK-47. The MP 40 magazine can also be used in the Belgian Vigneron submachine gun.
The Army introduced the U.S. M3 and M3A1 submachine guns in 1943 with plans to produce the latter in numbers sufficient to cancel future orders for the Thompson, while gradually withdrawing it from first-line service. However, due to unforeseen production delays and requests for modifications, the M3/M3A1 never replaced the Thompson, and ...
In the 1950s, the FMAP DM (Fábrica Militar de Armas Portables Domingo Matheu), belonging to the Dirección General de Fabricaciones Militares, acquired the production rights of a copy of the U.S. M3 A1 submachine gun, more commonly known as the "Grease Gun". This Argentinian version was chambered for 9×19mm cartridges, as opposed to the .45 ...
M3A1 may refer to: M3A1 Bradley, a variant of an American armored reconnaissance vehicle; Stuart tank, an American light tank; M3 Half-track, an American armored vehicle; M3 submachine gun, an American submachine gun; M3 Scout Car, an American armored car
This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.