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To: digger48
OK FReepers Tell us what kind of sub-machine guns those are. They look home-made

Not home-made. The upper one is a British Sten gun, standard commando arm in WW II. The bottom one looks like a US-made, GI M-3 "grease gun". Both are easy-to-mass-produce squad automatic weapons intended for CQB. The M-3 was, I think, an Army weapon; I don't think I've ever heard of Marines being issued that weapon. Others will correct me if that's wrong.


18 posted on 11/25/2015 6:52:10 PM PST by lentulusgracchus ("If America was a house , the Left would root for the termites." - Greg Gutierrez)
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To: lentulusgracchus

Thank you.

Explains why the US made one looks like it was stamped out of sheet metal


24 posted on 11/25/2015 6:55:03 PM PST by digger48
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To: lentulusgracchus

I have spent time with an M-3 and I do not believe that is an M-3.

The grip on an M-3 is all the way back.


31 posted on 11/25/2015 6:58:38 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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