M3A1 grease gun

[tomas]

i've heard about it everywhere from games to other sites but i have no idea what it is or looks like and was wondering what was it like? can anyone help me? :D

[Kalvan]

Here's a link that should help. http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/grease.htm

[tomas]

hey thanks for that link :D the gun its self looks cool but range seems to be a problem

[Bill]

The grease gun has to be one of the single worst weapons ever issued to US troops.

When i was in our tankers still used them, so i got a chance to fire em on a few occasions.

Pure junk.

[Kalvan]

the gun its self looks cool but range seems to be a problem

This is true of submachineguns in general. It's just firing .45 ACP after all. The 1911 pistol I carry every day shoots the same ammo, and doesn't weigh as much as an M-16. But my 1911 doesn't have a 30-rd magazine, isn't full-auto, and isn't as accurate at distance. You have to remember that when it was designed it was an alternative to the Thompson. It's much more compact and much more cheap to produce, being mostly stampings. I was trained on them as a tanker, but never used one much. I didn't really have a problem with them though.

[tomas]

figured as much looking at the stats

[Stinger]

Re: M3A1 grease gun

Originally posted by tomas
i have no idea what it is or looks like

It looks like a grease gun :)

[ChrisF202]

and it remains an issue weapon even today

Does anybody know what places this is reffering to?

[Bill]

It was an active duty issue weapon as recently as 1990, for sure.

Wouldn't surprise me if there're still some in service in the regular army, let alone the NG and USAR.

[ChrisF202]

Originally posted by M21Sniper
It was an active duty issue weapon as recently as 1990, for sure.

Wouldn't surprise me if there're still some in service in the regular army, let alone the NG and USAR.

wow, im surpised they havent been replaced by the HK MP5

[bigross86]

I think they have two different purposes. Dunno about the grease gun, but I'm pretty sure the HK-MP5 is means as a CQB gun

[tomas]

Re: Re: M3A1 grease gun

Originally posted by Stinger
It looks like a grease gun :)

lol thats really helpful

[ChrisF202]

Originally posted by ChrisF202
wow, im surpised they havent been replaced by the HK MP5

I just assumed HKMP5 cause its widely used by the US military (special forces mainly, its also issued to some aircrew)

[Bill]

When i was in there was a lot of talk of the DATs getting UZIs, but obviously that never happened.

[troung]

The Philippine Marine Corps has begun to issue the M-3 to truck drivers for some extra protection (better then a M-1911 I guess).