[EternalVigilance]

Yeah. Pretty nice grease gun.

[Alas Babylon!]

You know, it really does look like a grease gun.

[occamrzr06]

That tanker has an M3 submachinegun, what we called a "grease gun." It was still standard issue when I was in. Not terribly accurate, but it could throw a lot of .45 slugs at the bad guys in short order.

Yea, in the Artillery, the guys in the maintenance recovery vehicle were assigned the M-3. I've only been out 6 years.

Tankers were also assigned this weapon.

It was more of a personal weapon than an assault weapon. I wouldn't want to engage anything past 25 yards or so. Of course it was a .45 caliber, so you really only had to come close to inflict damage. One hit in the arm would most likely take the arm, so in that sense, it was pretty formidable.