March 10th, 2008, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Portland,Oregon
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Re: WWII small arms
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Originally Posted by SouthWestPacificVet
Hello All,
One 45 caliber weapon called a reising from the early days of the war wasn't too handy, the bolt had to be cocked from under the forearm if I remember, it was no substitute for a Thompson, looked a bit like the lowest bidder won the contract for that one. Latter part of '44 the "grease guns" were showing up in the Philippines, I wasn't very impressed by those either.
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Going from poor memory IIRC the M3 was still issued for M1 tank crewman years back.
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