Posted on 07/13/2020 5:55:57 AM PDT by w1n1
FWIW, from the Korean War era until about 1965 the M3 was part of the OEM (Original Equipment, Manufacturer) Kit of the Jeeps, fuel trucks & other military vehicles.
(I think that it is “interesting” that hardly anyone ever stole a M3, when they were OEM.= CHUCKLE.)
Yours, TMN78247
FWIW, from the Korean War era until about 1965 the M3 was part of the OEM (Original Equipment, Manufacturer) Kit of the Jeeps, fuel trucks & other military vehicles.
(I think that it is “interesting” that hardly anyone ever stole a M3, when they were OEM.= CHUCKLE.)
Yours, TMN78247
Supplement that with a few cases of grenades.
You need a big foxhole! Just put it on a grassy knoll in your back yard.
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A good file and a few springs to chose from makes “all work and no play,” a fiction. Jack is not a dull boy.
So Bob Newhart plays himself? John Wayne made a whole film career out of that.
I inherited 3 boxes of US Army issue 9mm dated 1964 and was puzzled as to which weapon they used that required 9mm. Did some research and learned that the grease gun was also made in 9mm. It’s a hotter round than current +P 9mm handgun ammo so I traded it in to a gun store.
The first USAF unit I was assigned to...a small 40 man stateside detachment..had two grease guns. Also, two M1911’s and M1 carbines for the rest of the men. Then along came LBJ and took them away and sent them to Vietnam.
Steve got all blowed up.
War is hell.
The M3 was not designed strictly as a replacement for the Thompson.
Before the M3 existed, the War Dept adopted the M2 to replace the Thompson. It was manufactured in the traditional manner, out of of forgings and machined steel, with walnut furniture. Relatively unknown outside collector circles and among Ordnance historians, it was produced only in small numbers because the military establishment realized compactness and inexpensive mass production were becoming more important in arming and equipping a rapidly expanding army, and for the types of engagements foreseen before World War Two, where submachine guns might be of use.
The Thompson was very heavy, quite awkward, and costly to make, but it was the only submachine gun for which a domestic manufacturing base already existed. So it ended up being produced in significant numbers.
Small Arms Review published at least one scholarly article on the M2, in the 1990s as I recall.
The M2 article.
http://smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=4151
An article on the M42, another lesser-known submachine gun of American make.
Cool, not too many know of the M2.
Unless, you’re WWII vet.
“Cool, not too many know of the M2.
Unless, youre WWII vet.” [w1n1, post 34]
Not me. Just a dabbler in arms history.
Too young to lend a hand in World War Two; active duty 1975 -2000.
I’d imagine few even among those who served in the early 1940s encountered the M2. Less than a thousand made, never issued, never saw action.
Holy crap. What magic did you do to get the blogpimp to respond on one of the articles he posted? I’ve never seen w1n1 actually participate in any discussion before, just nonstop posts from some triple-translated website!
“...What magic did you do to get the blogpimp to respond...?...Ive never seen w1n1 actually participate in any discussion before...” [Svartalfiar, post 36]
Beats me.
I credit Small Arms Review. They’ve published many articles on weapons and related topics that might seem obscure to the typical American gun enthusiast. Better-sourced than the average gun periodical pieces. Writing - dare I say it - is better too.
I’ve been privileged to poke about it the records and archives of a number of defense-related office and organizations. Sometimes it’s more of a curse, though. We’d do well to remember that Army Ordnance is the oldest bureaucracy in the country; it also created the first research & development laboratory. Lots of records to sift through.
Finding what’s needed in official records is a dark art. Better illumination is always hoped for but isn’t likely to occur.
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