WWII Grease gun

[Speedo66]

My father was armored infantry in WWII Germany and talked about having one for a while. Had nothing good to say about it, seemed it was stopped easily by dirt in the action. Said he replaced it with an M-1 at the first opportunity.

 

[riflenut]

grease gun in movie

the only one that ive seen that comes to mind is LEE MARVIN in the movie THE DIRTY DOZEN, you see that weapon in several scenes. love that movie!!

 

[jojo200517]

I do believe a company called Valkayrie Arms made a semi Grease Gun...

Dunno about the quality, though...

http://www.valkyriearms.com/ says that they are "currently going through a re-organization" and also "not accepting orders at the present time".

In further Google search I found that they filed chapter 13. Oh well. Yeah I realized the MAC shoots pretty fast, didn't think that would really matter if it were semi auto.

 

[41magsnub]

The mechanics in my old engineer battalion finally got rid of their grease guns in 1996, swapping them for M9s. I couldn't believe what they were carrying when I first saw them in the field.

 

[JIM BOB]

I picked up one in RVN after I was issued a M16.The bolt reminded me of a soup can.We got a batch of bad 45 ammo so that made it useless,traded it off but I can't remember what for.

 

[12Bravo20]

I was issued a M3A1 while in Germany. We had to turn them in, along with our 1911A1's, in 1993. The trick to shooting them accurately was to use the shoulder stock, not shoot from the hip. I ended up being issued with a M16A2 when I turned my M3 in, try getting in/out of an M88 with a full size rifle (not fun).

 

[jem375]

Only ones I've seen 'live' are with WW2 reinactors but I know they were still 'issued' to tankers in the 80's. None of the tankers had ANYTHING good to say about them at the time.

Probably because by 1985 those stamped metal guns were 40 years old and hadn't been fired a great deal and were 'primitive' compared to that new Beretta pistol.

My son carried one in Germany in the 80's, he was a tank mechanic in the 7th Cavalry..

 

[Mp7]

... those WW2 Tec9?

handled one once ..

"My Dad has a "Grease-Gun", he´ll sho ya!"

Man, that was crude ......

 

[bannockburn]

I've got a photo somewhere of my dad with a Grease Gun during stateside training in WWII. While he shot Expert with an M1, he never missed an opportunity to try different weapons when he had a chance. If he was going out on a 20 mile hike, he would try to borrow an M1 Carbine from one of the cooks. Its light weight made those outdoor excursions a little easier. Same with the Grease Gun; though I think he actually used it once while trying out the combat obstacle course.

As for the Valkyrie Arms semi-auto versions; I've seen a couple of them over the years at various gun shows. First off, those long 16" barrels do nothing for the overall appearance of the gun. Looks really awkward and out of place on a SMG. Secondly the overall fit and finish has also varied over the years. One I saw maybe 7 or 8 years ago looked like it had bright metal pins and rivets used in its construction, while the finish on the gun seemed to be like flat black enamel paint. Another one I came across 2 or 3 years ago looked much nicer, with a decent parkerized finish to it.

 

[CleverNickname]

I shot one once, it was the most boring machine gun to shoot that I've ever shot. At ~350 rpm or whatever it shoots at you might as well just be pulling the trigger really fast in semi-auto.

 

[devildog32713]

Check out " M3 grease gun clips suppressed and 1928 thompson comparison " on youtube.

It will put a smile on your face.

It put a smile on my face

here is the link to the exact video he was talking about.

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swzZrzCJ4-o

 

[wlewisiii]

I used one as a tanker in the early '80's. Worn out worthless POS that were more dangerous thrown than if you shot at someone. The mags were especially worthless. Frankly, put one or two in a museum and I'll happily melt down the rest. I am exceptionally glad my life never depended upon one of them.

ECS, I really would have liked to have had one that worked for a full magazine. When I was a company armorer in Germany, none of them would. I would have paid a years wage to get an M-16 instead & I hate the M-16.

William

 

[Mandolin]

The M3 goes about 450rpm. The MP40 and Sten fired about 550rpm,the Thopson700-800 (depends on model) and the PPSh-41 fired a woping 900rpm. In the movie "The Ealge has Landed", one of the Americans has a M3 it goes like this: bang(pause)bang(pause)bang(pause). You should watch the movie.

 

[blindhari]

WLEWISiii
Having M3 subs wasn't bad, try to figure out what 6 12 guage pump riot shotguns are doing in a Company arms room in Belrin. As I remember they were Stevens Model 10. This was in 1968 and I had almost finished my tour there before I found the reason in old morning reports over at Brigade Headquarters. War dogs loose during first 6 years of occupation were pulling down people. First patrols were jeep, driver pistol/carbine, officer M1/pistol, Rear seat gunner .30 pintle mount machine gun/pistol. These were trained war dogs and after awhile it was realised that they were getting in under the guns. Officer started to carry shotgun with brass casing and buck for extreme short range. Patrols went on daily into 1954.

Co C, 3rd Btn, 6th Inf
Belin Brigade
Spandau Guard

blindhari

 

[funkychinaman]

They're still issued in the Phillipines.

http://www.timawa.net/m3/m3gen2.htm

 

[Clermont]

Prior to the May 1986 ban on the manufacture of machine guns for civilian sales, a company in Florida called Medea was stamping out M3/M3A1 receiver halves, welding them together and assembling them with surplus Guide Lamp parts.

 

[Skillet]

didn't they make those things for like twenty bucks (in today's economy, counting inflation, so like $10 back then)?