My Dad carried this gun in Okinawa because he said "I'm not a marksman, but I didn't have to be with a Grease Gun. It settled all arguments." He got to where he even slept with it during the war. (You don't know what horror is until you talk to a veteran of Okinawa. I'll never forget the look in his eye when he talked about it.)
Would he ratherve have had ~80-90% of the performance of the M16 that was marketed to him as 71-84% of the performance of M16? Ask me how to go .45 straight. Ask me about 100% [citizen] bodies.
My father was a big red one medic in Vietnam. He carried the grease gun and his 1911. He always said that he loved that gun and it was his weapon of choice. Great video.. thanks
Yep, the Grease gun was a great sidearm for crews because it was quite compact and easy to carry, and it had the stopping power it needed to protect crews whose duties meant they couldn't always manage a rifle.
I own an M3 Grease gun very reliable and very controllable in bursts. They are also very rare not to many transferable guns out there. I was told this is because the military used them in tanks up until the 90’s. They almost bring as much as a Thompson from WW2 just because of the rarity.
Very true. Very small and compact. Very simple to operate and maintain. Low rate of fire but with a touch of the trigger can be one shot or automatic. No need for selector switch.
The M3A1 also had a caliber conversion kit to go from the .45ACP to 9mm Lugar. The suppressed variant was used in limited numbers by the OSS and then in Vietnam by MAC-SOG. The M3A1 actually was in service with tankers until the end is Desert Storm. Still a fun gun.
We had these in VN as part of the TO&E on our M-48A5 tanks. The M3's were reliable and easy to operate. It is amazing to see an open bolt firing weapon in slo-mo.
Once again your knowledge of a firearms history, intended usage, and outstanding camera work, produces a video of top quality and high calibur. Thank you for all that you do.
I was a Tanker in the 70's, was issued a grease gun, loved it,.... the weight, the big rounds. Liked the fact that it fired the same ammo as my 45, 1911
Loads of tankers loved their M3's. If you were caught outside your tank in an ambush situation (and it did happen, nobody spends 100% of their time inside the tank) it could literally save your life to have your crewmates be able to quickly return automatic fire. Get low, stay low, and keep the enemy's heads down until the infantry showed up.
Was just about to say why doesn't this video have more views but realised it was just posted yesterday, good description of implementation in the field. Big props to your cameraman his quality of film is 10x what it was 2-3 years ago, well done!
Up throught the early 70s Marine units maintained their own armories and mine still had a number of WWII era guns including the M3A1. It was fun to shoot, not very accurate without disciplined gunhandling but accurate enough for pistol distance work. It along with the BAR and the M79 grenade launcher were my favorite small arms of that time period.
My grandfather was issued one of these and swears he could shoot (what he calls) a cardboard target at 30 Yards and it wouldn't go through it. He didn't have great Faith in it. I think they probably have them warn out guns and poor ammo during his training and that's where the issues came up.
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It may have been made during WWII, but in 1967 at Ft. Lee Virginia, we were trained to repair them as Unit Supply Specialist & Unit Armorer. We were told that they were made by a washing machine company, which one, I don't remember now. However, when I got to 'Nam, I did not see one M3 at all! Of course, our M-16s could be used as fully automatic weapons..and they jammed too!.
I absolutely adore this weapon. Light, easy to maintain, super controllable, compact, hits hard. I've been reading Churchill's memoirs and more and more I learn that war is all about logistics and supply which the M3 was significantly more suited to than the Thompson.
The video production quality is always so good on your videos Larry. Gotta love the classics WW2 arms. Thanks for the vid, looking at a BCM barrel for my next build too. Cheers.
Love the video. Never knew about the delta use of the grease gun. Thanks for your service and now your no nonsense videos Larry! American hero and now awesome youtuber!
Master Sergeant you are looking GREAT. Keep it up! When I entered the Army in 1989, the tankers of the 3rd ACR were still carrying the grease gun. Crazy!
Damn !!! My dream gun... my dad carried one in the Air Force in the early 60s when he was in the AP... he said they had fun with it when he was stationed in Glasgow AFB Montana... excellent video. Thank you sir...
When I went into the Army as a M60A1/A3 Tanker back in 1983, we had 2 of the M3A1's on the tank . Used them up till 1988 when I transition over to M1A1's in Germany. I always liked the Grease Gun. Reliable and a lot of fun to shoot!
Thank you for this, great to learn more about such an historical weapon. Too much slow-motion however. I wanted to see more how it sounds/looks/operates in real time.
That drives me nuts with full auto vids, if you want to extend the shooting time, have multiple cameras or even replay. A slow motion is cool for a few rounds but get back to it haha.
i love how they change shooting up and down hill. around 600 rpm down and 200 up hill and everything in between in one magazine full. wished i'd video taped it. it makes me chuckle when i think of it.
I watched a Jerry MP40 yesterday shoot in full auto, it was around the same rate of fire, but the grease gun looks easier to manage, a lot less jumping around, the MP40 was up & down consistently and it was shooting the lighter 9mm too. That grease gun looks like it's a blast to shoot.
One of my favorite weapons for static defense (when you don't need to boonie tromp carrying it). It is very controllable in short bursts and well - the .45 caliber round has super stopping power.
my dad (USN seabee, vietnam) loved the greasegun for use in the trucks. they had a bad guy jump on the bumper of the truck, lay his AK on the hood and spray the cab. they couldn't get the M14 out of the bracket and swing it inside the cab to shoot back. a horsetrade with some marines got them a few cases of greaseguns, and they put one in each truck.
One of my favorites, I wish a “cheaper” semi auto version was on the market for second kind of cool factor. Probably be quieter with closed bolt operation w/ suppressor.
Ahh the glorious sight of multiple pieces of brass flying through the air!! Love the charging handle on this variant! Is this your personal gun Larry? Have seen it on the channel before and on your old TV show! Been a LAV fan for a while now!
In June 1980, Fort Knox myself and 4 other soldiers unpacked cases of grease guns and cleaned the preservative off of them, it's was classified where they were going, but it's a period in my life where I was amazed at the engineering of a piece of history
At a Las Vegas indoor range some years ago I had the opportunity to fire both the M1A1 Thompson and the M3A1 Grease Gun. I was given two fully loaded mags for each sub gun and found that while the Thompson went through both mags flawlessly, the Grease Gun jammed several times. I believe this probably was due to poor maintenance by the range rather than any other reason. Loved the experience of firing these WW2 weapons.
This is a weapon I've always been curious about and wanted to fire. My understanding is they were added to the inventory in WW2 as a tanker's weapon - something they could pop out of a hatch with and dispatch anyone who tried to sneak around too close. A family friend who was a Huey gunship pilot in Vietnam said he wheeled-n-dealed for one he could carry as a sidearm, but hated it because it was so damned loud and would always leave his ears ringing. Said he later acquired "Swedish K" M/45 and favored that. I was in the army from '87 to '90 and never saw a "grease gun," but when I got called *BACK* in in '91, I saw multiple armored vehicle crewmen carrying them, so I guess they drug them out of mothballs for GW1.
The Greaser served longer than any other U.S. weapon, 1943 to the mid 1990s. Used to shoot one at Knob Creek every Spring, friend owned it. We let him shoot from our position and use our table so I got to blast away some appliances and tannerite . Thanks for sharing.
Love the slomo! The ejected shell casings were neat. Very little muzzel climb. Simply made and cheap. I would love to run some ammo through one. Great video!
It cost $15 to make an M3 Grease Gun compared to $150 for an M1A1 Thompson. The old M1928 Thompson cost $250 a piece! In today's money, we're talking $200 for a Grease Gun or $2,000 for the M1A1 Thompson. $3,000 for the M1928!
Love the Grease Gun, such a fun little shooter. Anyone who wants to get into MG shooting, I highly recommend it. Hope you get a chance to check out the new ones the Philippino Marines use now.
What a gun .... love the slow motion... thank you . Only the best . The closest I can get to that . And it’s really no comparison other than the round is Are Uzi with the 20 round mags . Those mags if you could find them are about 200+ today. Can only imagine what the grease guns mags would cost much less the gun itself. Thanks again
Under rated. Was/is standard issue for armoured tracked crews. I carried one + my M-203 squad weapon while operating an M-113A1. Very reliable & quiet. HOOAH.
My pop was a Navy Corpsman in Vietnam ( 3 - 11 Marines 1967 ) He has a funny story about these "grease guns", Some grizzled old Marine NCO came in with a minor wound, before he agreed to be treated he set his M3 on the table, looked at everybody in the room and said " DON'T TOUCH !!!! ". I can see now why. That kind of open bolt operation looks VERY dangerous. Also, there is footage of the failed rescue of hostages in Iran 1980(?) that has a burned up grease gun in the helicopter crash. That used to confuse me because I thought these things were cheap pieces of shit.
MpowerdAPE The open bolt isn't too dangerous. Wanna make it safe? Drop the mag and pull the trigger. The grease gun uses the dust cover as the safety. They were very cheap. That was their prime advantage! They weren't shit though.
@@mannys9130what do you mean they weren’t shit. The were probably one of the best sub guns of that era. In fact they were so effective and reliable they were used in tanks up until the late 1990’s.
I was a 19K 2nd ACR in the late 80's stationed at Bamberg, we had around 100 M3's in the arms room. I could go down there and play with them but we were never allowed to shoot them. dam that was a cool weapon
I was at Bamberg. Spring 1993 5/2 ADA moved into your barracks when the 2nd ACR moved out. Before we were able to move in we had to paint over all of the 2nd ACR emblems/art and paint over it with the 5/2 Air Defense Artillery bull shit. They were still heating the barracks with coal furnaces in the basements. LOL
I love simple SMGs like this. I really like the Sten, and the M3 is fascinating. It's so frustrating to learn of these guns and be aware of what could have made them better, such as a double-stack, double-feel magazine as was fitted to the successor the Sten, the Sterling Sub-machine Gun (used for the Star Wars Stormtrooper blaster).
My Dad carried this gun in Okinawa because he said "I'm not a marksman, but I didn't have to be with a Grease Gun. It settled all arguments." He got to where he even slept with it during the war. (You don't know what horror is until you talk to a veteran of Okinawa. I'll never forget the look in his eye when he talked about it.)
That’s not how it works he carried what they had available for him to carry
@@bobbie6443 🤓🤡
Would he ratherve have had ~80-90% of the performance of the M16 that was marketed to him as 71-84% of the performance of M16?
Ask me how to go .45 straight. Ask me about 100% [citizen] bodies.
My dad was in the 80th Infantry Division during WW2, and said this was his weapon of choice.
Robert Murray Fucking liar!
@@TomCook-jw6ur be funny if you are wrong
@@TomCook-jw6ur how do you know if he is even lying?
Nice one
Tom Cook dip shit
That over the shoulder angle where you could see the target getting hit was beautiful. Please try to include it in your next videos too. Loved it.
Provocateur gud b8 m8
SuspiciousBadger agreed, it was a nice change from the usual
100%
Especially with subsonic stuff like 45ACP. You could almost see the flight trace. NICE!!!
Yeah very cool shot
My father was a big red one medic in Vietnam. He carried the grease gun and his 1911. He always said that he loved that gun and it was his weapon of choice. Great video.. thanks
Josh False news; you’re a liar.
@@TomCook-jw6ur you bounce comment to comment and call people liars? What a weird thing to do.
You're a weirdo.
And a creep.
You're a CREEPY weirdo.
Sweet combo 👍
AS a crew member on the M60A1 Tank and the M551 Sheridan, I carried this weapon in the US Army.
11E /19 Delta :)
Yep, the Grease gun was a great sidearm for crews because it was quite compact and easy to carry, and it had the stopping power it needed to protect crews whose duties meant they couldn't always manage a rifle.
I own an M3 Grease gun very reliable and very controllable in bursts. They are also very rare not to many transferable guns out there. I was told this is because the military used them in tanks up until the 90’s. They almost bring as much as a Thompson from WW2 just because of the rarity.
Very true.
Very small and compact.
Very simple to operate and maintain.
Low rate of fire but with a touch of the trigger can be one shot or automatic.
No need for selector switch.
They were assigned to tracked vehicle recovery crews. I had a chance to fire one on the combat pistol course one day. Loved it.
Wouldn't break my heart to see the US bring back the M3 Grease Gun.
*DEADASS*
SchmidtStorm DEADASS 🅱️
My old man calls me that all the time. I love my pops.
Maybe we'll see some 🅱️oneless guns now
🤣 He deadass said that
My grandfather loved this gun Korean war vet R.I.P.
¿What happened with him?
¿K.I.A?
@@carlosrandom1801 no he died 10 years ago this August of cancer
@@nomad2495 oh, that's really bad, i hope that he is resting in peace =(
Unlimited respect to your grandfather! from South Korea.
He died of cancer August of 2010
Had M3A1 in Nam. Great weapon. Totally reliable and brutally effective
Flip the cover open now you killing close it now you ain't.
panzerman22 great movie
TheGunSmith “MACHIIIINE!”
fury quote
Sandro thanks for ruining lt!
@@jonathank7394 basically wot realism in a movie
The M3A1 also had a caliber conversion kit to go from the .45ACP to 9mm Lugar. The suppressed variant was used in limited numbers by the OSS and then in Vietnam by MAC-SOG. The M3A1 actually was in service with tankers until the end is Desert Storm. Still a fun gun.
thanks i thought i had read somewhere they converted but no one had verified it til you.
@@anthonyfoutch3152 Forgotten Weapons has a couple videos about the M3. It's worth checking out
I carried one when I worked as a civilian in Vietnam. Good seeing an old friend again. thank you.
LARRY VICKERS SAID DEADASS!
That's deadass pretty funny 🅱️
hahaha!
Deadass 🅱️
DeADaSs 🅱️
Lemme get uhh BONELESS PIZZU
Obama tesseract
@Doug Carter Well actually the vietnam war was an atrocity. We had no right to invade their land and slaughter their people
I was issued one of these as an 80s Army Tanker. my favorite personal weapon of all time. you can hit shit on full auto with the grease gun.
With that fire rate you can have better control with each shot while still keeping high accuracy
We had these in VN as part of the TO&E on our M-48A5 tanks. The M3's were reliable and easy to operate. It is amazing to see an open bolt firing weapon in slo-mo.
I remember my father telling the the M3 was a crude weapon but hellaciously effective.
One of the best videos I’ve seen on the M3. Thanks Vickers!
I believe that the Greaser would still hold its own in a shootout situation. Those 45 slugs deal some serious damage.
Once again your knowledge of a firearms history, intended usage, and outstanding camera work, produces a video of top quality and high calibur. Thank you for all that you do.
I was a Tanker in the 70's, was issued a grease gun, loved it,.... the weight, the big rounds. Liked the fact that it fired the same ammo as my 45, 1911
ON THE WAY!!!! :)
Loads of tankers loved their M3's. If you were caught outside your tank in an ambush situation (and it did happen, nobody spends 100% of their time inside the tank) it could literally save your life to have your crewmates be able to quickly return automatic fire. Get low, stay low, and keep the enemy's heads down until the infantry showed up.
Was just about to say why doesn't this video have more views but realised it was just posted yesterday, good description of implementation in the field. Big props to your cameraman his quality of film is 10x what it was 2-3 years ago, well done!
Loved my M3A1. Had one in my M551. Was so good with it I could fire 1 shot at a time. 6th ACR had both back in the 60's. Loved them both.
"See that cover, open it. Now you're shooting. Close it, now you ain't."
- Grady
Best tank movie ever
Fury! Let's go!
Now you’re killing’
@@joaquin1366 no beast of war best tank movie ever.
Up throught the early 70s Marine units maintained their own armories and mine still had a number of WWII era guns including the M3A1. It was fun to shoot, not very accurate without disciplined gunhandling but accurate enough for pistol distance work. It along with the BAR and the M79 grenade launcher were my favorite small arms of that time period.
My father, a LRP in Vietnam, carried an M3 Grease gun.
Larry is looking sharp!
excellent weapon for sure
Efficient,Fragile,Cheap and just a decent gun.
My grandfather was issued one of these and swears he could shoot (what he calls) a cardboard target at 30 Yards and it wouldn't go through it. He didn't have great Faith in it. I think they probably have them warn out guns and poor ammo during his training and that's where the issues came up.
I dont mean to be off topic but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account..?
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@Terrell Byron Instablaster ;)
It may have been made during WWII, but in 1967 at Ft. Lee Virginia, we were trained to repair them as Unit Supply Specialist & Unit Armorer. We were told that they were made by a washing machine company, which one, I don't remember now. However, when I got to 'Nam, I did not see one M3 at all! Of course, our M-16s could be used as fully automatic weapons..and they jammed too!.
They were made by guide lamp a division of General Motors.
@@craigthescott5074 Thanks!
Fun fact: According to some sources, the Philippines still uses the grease gun for ship seizures and boarding operations.
Looks very controllable and on target. Also surprisingly robust despite its looks, you can't see any apparent flex in the super slow motion.
Bee Cee thanks to its low rate of fire
I absolutely adore this weapon. Light, easy to maintain, super controllable, compact, hits hard. I've been reading Churchill's memoirs and more and more I learn that war is all about logistics and supply which the M3 was significantly more suited to than the Thompson.
Loren Darcy Stupid liar.
The video production quality is always so good on your videos Larry. Gotta love the classics WW2 arms. Thanks for the vid, looking at a BCM barrel for my next build too. Cheers.
Love the video. Never knew about the delta use of the grease gun. Thanks for your service and now your no nonsense videos Larry! American hero and now awesome youtuber!
Awesome video as usual. I can never get enough of the slow motion though!!!
Master Sergeant you are looking GREAT. Keep it up! When I entered the Army in 1989, the tankers of the 3rd ACR were still carrying the grease gun. Crazy!
Damn !!! My dream gun... my dad carried one in the Air Force in the early 60s when he was in the AP... he said they had fun with it when he was stationed in Glasgow AFB Montana... excellent video. Thank you sir...
When I went into the Army as a M60A1/A3 Tanker back in 1983, we had 2 of the M3A1's on the tank . Used them up till 1988 when I transition over to M1A1's in Germany. I always liked the Grease Gun. Reliable and a lot of fun to shoot!
Do you by chance know a Ronnie Moody?
Did y’all have Colt carbines in the Abrams?
Lol "transitioned to the M1A1" XD another outdated weapon
Lion Celica The Abrams is not outdated
I thought he was talking about the M1A1 Carbine, you know, another outdated WW2 small arm?
Looking great Larry, all that workout paying off. Keep up the great videos!
Ughh one of my all time faves Larry 😍, you look great man 💪🏼, nice Rolex too
Man you are slimming down! Love the videos
Thank you for this, great to learn more about such an historical weapon. Too much slow-motion however. I wanted to see more how it sounds/looks/operates in real time.
That drives me nuts with full auto vids, if you want to extend the shooting time, have multiple cameras or even replay. A slow motion is cool for a few rounds but get back to it haha.
Another superb video from LAV!!! Rock on broski!!! 👍🏾👌🏾😉
The thing I remember most about the M3 was cachunk, cachunk, cachunk.
Informative& to the point. GREAT VID!
Love your videos and reviews Larry
The high speed footage is just wholesome
I have a Volunteer Arms Commando MKIII, (a semi Thompson that takes these mags) I love it.
i love how they change shooting up and down hill. around 600 rpm down and 200 up hill and everything in between in one magazine full. wished i'd video taped it. it makes me chuckle when i think of it.
Carried one my first tour in Nam. Worked like a champ at close range.
Awesome video! One of my favourite WW2 guns.
I was issued one when i was driving a M114 A1E1 for the 4th inf.recon.
great fun to shoot
Damn you’re looking like you can kickass good job on getting healthy god bless you
Acenscion 420 I was thinking the same, he looks a little thinner doesn't he?
Andrew Dunlap yeah I remember him saying in a video he’s been trying to lose weight
Acenscion 420 that's good! Good on you Larry!
"God"...
Lol
I've been away from yhe channel forna bit, I was thinking...Damn Larry is back at running and gunning weight thank You Jesus!
I watched a Jerry MP40 yesterday shoot in full auto, it was around the same rate of fire, but the grease gun looks easier to manage, a lot less jumping around, the MP40 was up & down consistently and it was shooting the lighter 9mm too. That grease gun looks like it's a blast to shoot.
I agree with your opinion Mr. Vickers. I would love to have a WW2 grease gun in my collection. Awesome video Sir
Only just found you........great video,slo-mo was amazing..keep up the good work 🤓👍
What a great O’l sub gun. Everyone should have one. 😎 Thanks for the video Larry.
You've always looked great. Keep it up
One of my favorite weapons for static defense (when you don't need to boonie tromp carrying it). It is very controllable in short bursts and well - the .45 caliber round has super stopping power.
my dad (USN seabee, vietnam) loved the greasegun for use in the trucks. they had a bad guy jump on the bumper of the truck, lay his AK on the hood and spray the cab. they couldn't get the M14 out of the bracket and swing it inside the cab to shoot back. a horsetrade with some marines got them a few cases of greaseguns, and they put one in each truck.
I always enjoy using the M3 in Sniper Elite. The low rate of fire really allows for controllable bursts.
M3 and m3a1 were used from the 1940’s up to the 1990’s what I’ve heard
yeah they were issued to tank crews during the gulf war in the '90s, crazy
There are still some out there.
The Philippines army still uses them in the war against isis
Yep, pretty much.
Andrew Dalton Ray Had them in the arms room for m88 crews at Ft Polk back in 92.
One of my favorites, I wish a “cheaper” semi auto version was on the market for second kind of cool factor. Probably be quieter with closed bolt operation w/ suppressor.
A good machinist could literally make one in any well equipped metalworking shop. That was the whole point of them.
Ahh the glorious sight of multiple pieces of brass flying through the air!! Love the charging handle on this variant! Is this your personal gun Larry? Have seen it on the channel before and on your old TV show! Been a LAV fan for a while now!
Great video, as usual!
Love the grease gun. Extremely fun to shoot. Thanks
Larry you are looking great! Keep up the hard work !
In June 1980, Fort Knox myself and 4 other soldiers unpacked cases of grease guns and cleaned the preservative off of them, it's was classified where they were going, but it's a period in my life where I was amazed at the engineering of a piece of history
I carried one in the Field Artillery Service Battery. Love that gun.
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Excellent camera work!
At a Las Vegas indoor range some years ago I had the opportunity to fire both the M1A1 Thompson and the M3A1 Grease Gun. I was given two fully loaded mags for each sub gun and found that while the Thompson went through both mags flawlessly, the Grease Gun jammed several times. I believe this probably was due to poor maintenance by the range rather than any other reason. Loved the experience of firing these WW2 weapons.
Love the sound of it.
I don't know why but I have always love the grease gun. Maybe the bare bones spartan aspect of it but I'd like to own one some day.
This is a weapon I've always been curious about and wanted to fire. My understanding is they were added to the inventory in WW2 as a tanker's weapon - something they could pop out of a hatch with and dispatch anyone who tried to sneak around too close. A family friend who was a Huey gunship pilot in Vietnam said he wheeled-n-dealed for one he could carry as a sidearm, but hated it because it was so damned loud and would always leave his ears ringing. Said he later acquired "Swedish K" M/45 and favored that. I was in the army from '87 to '90 and never saw a "grease gun," but when I got called *BACK* in in '91, I saw multiple armored vehicle crewmen carrying them, so I guess they drug them out of mothballs for GW1.
The Greaser served longer than any other U.S. weapon, 1943 to the mid 1990s. Used to shoot one at Knob Creek every Spring, friend owned it. We let him shoot from our position and use our table so I got to blast away some appliances and tannerite . Thanks for sharing.
Rich Stone well except for the 1911
@@Turtletanks And the M2 machine gun.
Larry shook off some serious weight! way to go!
I carried an M3A1 for a couple of years. Loved that weapon.
Sean Connors Liar!
Tom Cook - Really? I’m waiting, asshole.
@@TomCook-jw6urso this is like the 3rd comment where you’ve baselessly called someone a liar.
You’re a bit of an odd one aren’t you 😂
OPERATOR ! Now this fella knows how to drive an M3 !! Respect.
Love the slomo! The ejected shell casings were neat. Very little muzzel climb. Simply made and cheap.
I would love to run some ammo through
one. Great video!
Glenn Brymer Bullshit!
It cost $15 to make an M3 Grease Gun compared to $150 for an M1A1 Thompson. The old M1928 Thompson cost $250 a piece!
In today's money, we're talking $200 for a Grease Gun or $2,000 for the M1A1 Thompson. $3,000 for the M1928!
Damn man, you lookin fit! Great job and keep it going
Great video LAV. I would love to see the Delta variant from the early days, especially since was to be the weapon used in Operation Eagle Claw.
Under every greasy counter of every greasy breakfast restaurant
lol
I wish
I have to have one under the register then?
Love the Grease Gun, such a fun little shooter. Anyone who wants to get into MG shooting, I highly recommend it. Hope you get a chance to check out the new ones the Philippino Marines use now.
Looking fantastic Larry
LAV looks ready to continue mission. Fuck yeah Larry. That was wicked brother.
What a gun .... love the slow motion... thank you . Only the best . The closest I can get to that . And it’s really no comparison other than the round is
Are Uzi with the 20 round mags .
Those mags if you could find them are about 200+ today.
Can only imagine what the grease guns mags would cost much less the gun itself. Thanks again
I got my first Action Man in 1974. This was the gun that came with it. I've always liked them since.
What a great camera job. 👍
The m3 was still on duty in desert storm not bad for an old job .
Under rated. Was/is standard issue for armoured tracked crews. I carried one + my M-203 squad weapon while operating an M-113A1. Very reliable & quiet. HOOAH.
My pop was a Navy Corpsman in Vietnam ( 3 - 11 Marines 1967 ) He has a funny story about these "grease guns", Some grizzled old Marine NCO came in with a minor wound, before he agreed to be treated he set his M3 on the table, looked at everybody in the room and said " DON'T TOUCH !!!! ". I can see now why. That kind of open bolt operation looks VERY dangerous. Also, there is footage of the failed rescue of hostages in Iran 1980(?) that has a burned up grease gun in the helicopter crash. That used to confuse me because I thought these things were cheap pieces of shit.
MpowerdAPE The open bolt isn't too dangerous. Wanna make it safe? Drop the mag and pull the trigger. The grease gun uses the dust cover as the safety.
They were very cheap. That was their prime advantage! They weren't shit though.
@@mannys9130what do you mean they weren’t shit. The were probably one of the best sub guns of that era. In fact they were so effective and reliable they were used in tanks up until the late 1990’s.
Larry has been hitting the gym getting back in fighting shape.
I was a 19K 2nd ACR in the late 80's stationed at Bamberg, we had around 100 M3's in the arms room. I could go down there and play with them but we were never allowed to shoot them. dam that was a cool weapon
I was at Bamberg. Spring 1993 5/2 ADA moved into your barracks when the 2nd ACR moved out. Before we were able to move in we had to paint over all of the 2nd ACR emblems/art and paint over it with the 5/2 Air Defense Artillery bull shit. They were still heating the barracks with coal furnaces in the basements. LOL
Years ago I saw one with a wooden buttstock which I really liked. The M3 is a great gun.
very well done!
Looking really good Larry
Have ALWAYS loved the M3 ! Dead simple mechanics , cheap to build , and reliable .
I love simple SMGs like this. I really like the Sten, and the M3 is fascinating. It's so frustrating to learn of these guns and be aware of what could have made them better, such as a double-stack, double-feel magazine as was fitted to the successor the Sten, the Sterling Sub-machine Gun (used for the Star Wars Stormtrooper blaster).
God I love slow firing machine guns, there's a mechanical beauty you just don't get anywhere else.
GREAT SOUND
Man brother you lost a lot of weight congrats man love the videos keep it up brother