Dark Alley Dan
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No goofy 90 round tumour for this girl:
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For as clunky looking and feeling as it is, the grease gun is surprisingly pleasant to shoot. The lower rate of fire produces a steady "put put put" that makes it easier to stay on target than a Thompson or MP40, which are very pleasant as well. I hate to say anything nice about a GM product, but there it is!
Clean underwear is always good, but a lot of it got dirty pretty fast.
Dark Alley Dan
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Fresh gonch + bunker #### = this:
And in the Pacific...
And in the Pacific...
Reminds me ....
When on exercise in NW Europe with 4 CMBG, you had to have your personal weapon with you in the Hessian enclosure around the latrine. Failure to have it there resulted in a charge for "insecure weapon".
One of the BHQ NCO's was busted when a German kid waltzed off with his FN C1. The Polizei were unable to track the kid down and retrieve the rifle.
When on exercise in NW Europe with 4 CMBG, you had to have your personal weapon with you in the Hessian enclosure around the latrine. Failure to have it there resulted in a charge for "insecure weapon".
One of the BHQ NCO's was busted when a German kid waltzed off with his FN C1. The Polizei were unable to track the kid down and retrieve the rifle.
Sporting Lad
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"Make it STOP!!"
I came to hate mine. The seer was getting worn--finally it was totally on full auto--one touch on the trigger and, after a while, the mag was empty. There was just no stopping it. But by then they were "no longer being supported", so when one died, or just got sick, it wasn't replaced or fixed. Eventually they were all gone. Nobody shed any tears.
They never got replaced by anything else while I was there (we still had our .45 pistols).
"The M-3 'grease gun': All the accuracy you ever wanted from your pistol, and less!"
I think the tankers of the "modern Army" are now being issued some sort of stubby M-4 SMG...?
I came to hate mine. The seer was getting worn--finally it was totally on full auto--one touch on the trigger and, after a while, the mag was empty. There was just no stopping it. But by then they were "no longer being supported", so when one died, or just got sick, it wasn't replaced or fixed. Eventually they were all gone. Nobody shed any tears.
They never got replaced by anything else while I was there (we still had our .45 pistols).
"The M-3 'grease gun': All the accuracy you ever wanted from your pistol, and less!"
I think the tankers of the "modern Army" are now being issued some sort of stubby M-4 SMG...?
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Yup for what it was, it was pretty good.
I preferred the Reising M50 made by Harrington and Richardson to any other 45acp submachine gun, even the Thompson. Well made, intermediate weight, accurate and a comfortable wood stock. Very similar recoil as a 30M1 Carbine. Very similar rate of fire to the M3a1, appx 450 rpm. As far as accuracy with a smg goes, bore condition is everything.
I preferred the m50 because it just felt more comfortable to me. Whatever, they are both well designed and require little more than good field maintenance to remain operational. Compactness of the M3 was definitely in its favor.
Amen to that. Funny, no matter how often the crunch came down, loose bowels just seemed to accompany it. Usually went completely unnoticed until it was all over. I don't ever recall anyone mentioning it or poking fun about it. It was only those that never experienced how the issue occurred that seem to think of it as funny. Not sure how it was generated but it was either excitement or fear or both. Never did figure it out.
Sporting Lad
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Was the 'grease gun' issued to the Canadian military, or are we all ex-American Army?
Dark Alley Dan
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Dave Grossman's On Killing talks about this. It's a very normal, natural impulse when someone starts trying to kill you. He recommends taking a "tactical dump" prior to any anticipated situations of that nature.
Never issued as far as I have read or been informed .. however neither was the BAR but many Canadian veterans have said that they were desirable and used in Holland, France, Belgium etc by Canadians "when acquired" ... usually by surreptitious means .... which is probably another reason why the chap washing his clothes has his slung.
Just came across this article today, doesn't look like it's been posted around here yet...
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/16/31-rolls-undeveloped-film-soldier-wwii-discovered-processed/
A guy bought 31 rolls of undeveloped film at an auction, with no idea of who the original owner/photographer was. Turned out to be from a US Soldier from WWII. The guy who bought the film buys unprocessed rolls all the time, just to restore them as "mini-time-capsule" kind of things.
http://www.rescuedfilm.com/#!rescuedwwii/c1d05
No context for any of the photos he's posted. Hasn't finished developing them, but there's a few interesting shots. This one caught my eye, looks like a couple of guys on a training base examining a French Renault FT-17 that got pressed into German service, before getting captured again and ending up being a photo op for these guys... who knows.
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/16/31-rolls-undeveloped-film-soldier-wwii-discovered-processed/
A guy bought 31 rolls of undeveloped film at an auction, with no idea of who the original owner/photographer was. Turned out to be from a US Soldier from WWII. The guy who bought the film buys unprocessed rolls all the time, just to restore them as "mini-time-capsule" kind of things.
http://www.rescuedfilm.com/#!rescuedwwii/c1d05
No context for any of the photos he's posted. Hasn't finished developing them, but there's a few interesting shots. This one caught my eye, looks like a couple of guys on a training base examining a French Renault FT-17 that got pressed into German service, before getting captured again and ending up being a photo op for these guys... who knows.
Just came across this article today, doesn't look like it's been posted around here yet...
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/16/31-rolls-undeveloped-film-soldier-wwii-discovered-processed/
A guy bought 31 rolls of undeveloped film at an auction, with no idea of who the original owner/photographer was. Turned out to be from a US Soldier from WWII. The guy who bought the film buys unprocessed rolls all the time, just to restore them as "mini-time-capsule" kind of things.
http://www.rescuedfilm.com/#!rescuedwwii/c1d05
No context for any of the photos he's posted. Hasn't finished developing them, but there's a few interesting shots. This one caught my eye, looks like a couple of guys on a training base examining a French Renault FT-17 that got pressed into German service, before getting captured again and ending up being a photo op for these guys... who knows.
the ft-17 is somewhat unique in that just about every military used them at some point, this one looks like it sat for a good while, it has long grass under it vs the hardscrabble around it. it also looks like the late cast turret. could have been captured in poland or russia, or france in war 1 or 2.
