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The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [12] The M3 was chambered for the same .45 ACP round fired by the Thompson submachine gun , but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter, at the expense of accuracy. [ 12 ]
M3/M3A1 Grease Gun (.45 ACP/9×19mm Parabellum) Madsen M50 (9×19mm Parabellum) Walther MPL/MPK (9×19mm Parabellum) Mk 24 Mod 0 (Smith & Wesson Model 76; 9×19mm Parabellum) Carl Gustav M/45 (9×19mm Parabellum) Model 50/55 Reising (.45 ACP) M2 submachine gun (Hyde-Inland M2, .45 ACP) M42 submachine gun (United Defense M42, .45 ACP/9×19mm ...
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 made) Rifles. Lee-Enfield rifle (British made) M1 Garand ...
The Pistola Ametralladora, often shortened as the PAM submachine gun, is a series of two Argentine submachine guns (the PAM-1 and PAM-2) that were licensed variants of the American M3A1 'Grease Gun'. The main difference between the PAM series and the M3A1 was that the PAM was chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum instead of the M3's .45 ACP. [1]
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 ...
NOTE: The M3 was the towed Anti-Tank gun version. The short-barreled M5 and semi-automatic M6 were tank and self-propelled gun variants. R1GBA = 20 × 37 mm HE M63 Shell with Base Detonating Fuse (M?) in fiberboard tubes in a wooden crate. Volume: 2 cubic feet. R1GHB = 20 × 37 mm Canister M2 Shell in fiberboard tubes in a wooden crate. (Each ...
A52 Cal. .45 submachine gun, M2; A53 20 mm gun automatic M1, AN/M2, AN/M3, and M24; A54 Mount, machine gun, twin, cal. 50, M33; A55 mounts small arms for motor vehicles. (A55 contains at least 56 sections) S1 Introduction and index; S2 3.5-inch Ball mount, M13; S3 mount bracket M20; S4 Left sponson mount and right sponson mount, parts and ...
This is a common feature in basic submachine guns like the Sten gun or M3 "Grease Gun", and even some machine guns. With a fixed firing pin, when the bolt is closed gently, without the momentum of the bolt closing at normal speed, there is not enough force imparted to the firing pin to ignite the primer.