Instead of the usual lever or knob, a large hole was drilled in the bolt into which the firer inserted his finger and pulled the bolt back. Variant M3A1: In January 1944 there were complaints from various users that the cocking crank mechanism was beginning to exhibit defects due to wear, and an investigation showed that the whole of this complicated apparatus could be done away with by adopting an outstandingly simple system.
Over 606,000 of them were made at an average cost of about $25 (£5.30 at the then-current rate of exchange) each. 45 gun could be rapidly converted to fire 9 mm Parabellum ammunition, feeding from a standard Sten magazine.įor all its faults – which were really minor – the M3 did what it set out to do: provide a cheap and efficient weapon which could be stamped out by the thousand in a short time. One very ingenious feature was the provision of a conversion kit of barrel, bolt and magazine adapter whereby the normal. Cocking was performed by a crank on the right side and was one of the less successful features another was the design of single-column magazine which inevitably gave stoppages and misfeeds throughout the gun’s life. The barrel projects from the front cap of a cylindrical body, the ejection port is covered by a hinged flap, the pistol grip is, as the rest of the weapon, of steel, and a simple collapsible wire stock is fitted. The design was relatively simple, and from its shape it came to be called ‘The Grease Gun’. 30cal machine gun, two M1 Garand rifles, an M3 Grease Gun and a Thompson sub-machine gun, taped grenades and a captured German P08 Luger. Officers of the 5th US Ranger Bn at Germany in 1945 with a Bazooka, a.
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