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Post by M3 Grease Gun on Dec 21, 2005 18:44:50 GMT -5
Is Hudsons M3 Grease Gun "Heavy Weight" a good skirmishing weapon, and did the airborne use them. Thanks ahead of time.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 21, 2005 19:20:19 GMT -5
It's decent. I love mine. It makes a nice report with every shot, has a slow rate of fire (just like the original gun) and the blowback action is as animated as any gun on the market. read all about it in the gun review section. It is a bit awkward and like all gas guns a bit tempermental. Cold and hot weather effects performance and leaky magazines or sticking blowback sometimes happens.
The spare magazines are expensive and the gun is not as robust as I'd like. I tape the pistol grip to keep the plastic seam from separating during skirmishes. It is not particularly accurate (again an authentic attribute) and I hate the safety set up. (It sometimes gets set on safety when you don't want it to be and it's hard to disengage.
Airborne troops and line troops used them late in the war as did tankers and rear eschelon troops. They were still mounted in vehicles during the first Gulf War! It's not as competitive in an airsoft skirmish as a Thompson but a great addition and refreshing to see for a change.
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Post by Guinness on Dec 21, 2005 19:34:27 GMT -5
Believe it or not I use mine as a 'suppressing fire' weapon- The amount of noise that thing produces and the spray of BB's in 'the general' direction of what you point it at, does a pretty good job of 'keeping heads down' and allows your squadmates to move up and or flank.
-G
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Post by M3 Grease Gun on Dec 22, 2005 0:15:25 GMT -5
Do you think I could use a Grease Gun in an airborne impression?
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Post by savoy6 on Dec 22, 2005 19:08:07 GMT -5
i vote for a yes on that....lol...all kidding aside,ive seen a good number of pics with ABN guys using them...
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Post by Gordak on Dec 22, 2005 19:45:59 GMT -5
yeah Ive seen AB guys using em, even on D-day minus 1 -Gordak
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Post by Reece on Dec 26, 2005 22:18:56 GMT -5
Did all ranks use them?
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Post by 2nd bat on Dec 26, 2005 23:11:45 GMT -5
I can't really picture field grade officers toting them but I can see platoon leaders NCOs and maybe even company commanders armed with them. Typically officers would have carbines but nothing was universally true in the case of line units. General Ridgeway is often pictured with a Garand and grenades!
I have a battle of the Bulge era photo with a Captain armed with one. He appears to be Infantry but is around halftracks so probably Armored Infantry.
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Post by Reece on Dec 27, 2005 23:37:23 GMT -5
Did the M3 have its own mag pouch, or did they use thompson pouches. Sorry for all the questions.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Dec 29, 2005 2:17:00 GMT -5
The Grease gun did get a M-3 specific magazine pouch in OD produced for it late in the war. (button snaps) You sometimes find them dated 1944 but more commonly 1945. They held 3, 30 round magazines. These pouches were more common in Korea and Vietnam frankly. They work fine for the Thompson as well as the Grease gun.
If you look in the Battle of the Bulge pictures (Western Area Discussion) you'll see several of them on peoples belts. They are a reasonably available pouch and can still be found and purchased for 25-35.00 in most cases.
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Post by polak on Jan 5, 2006 22:52:21 GMT -5
Most people using Grease Guns were given them due to the shortage and/or damaging of a Thompson. It was an unattractive yet great alternative to the Thompson, though I think it is beautiful, and would have one over a Thompson any day. Officers were usually pitted with a Carbine for the Drop zone or a Thompson.
Yes, it is amazing, as the Grease Gun was seen in the Gulf. Great weapon. Which brings me to another topic. If ou are going to, say, act as a Captain. Do not carry something like a BAR. It ruins the day. But if you are doing a Skirmish, forgetting the reenacting qualities, go on ahead.
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