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  2. M3 submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    The M3 is an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted by the U.S. Army on 12 December 1942, as the United States Submachine Gun, Cal. .45, M3. [12] The M3 was chambered for the same .45 ACP round fired by the Thompson submachine gun , but was cheaper to mass produce and lighter, at the expense of accuracy. [ 12 ]

  3. United Defense M42 - Wikipedia

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    The United Defense M42, sometimes known as the Marlin for the company that did the actual manufacturing, was an American submachine gun used during World War II.It was produced from 1942 to 1943 by United Defense Supply Corp. for possible issue as a replacement for the Thompson submachine gun and was used by Office of Strategic Services (OSS) agents. [1]

  4. List of World War II weapons of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Various firearms used by the United States military during World War II, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax County, Virginia. The following is a list of World War II weapons of the United States, which includes firearm, artillery, vehicles, vessels, and other support equipment known to have been used by the United States Armed Forces—namely the United States Army, United ...

  5. List of equipment of the United States Army during World War II

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    Also used as a railway gun 12-inch gun M1895: 305 mm (12 in) Coastal artillery United States: 14-inch M1920 railway gun: 355.6 mm (14 in) Railway gun United States: 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun: 405 mm (16 in) Coastal artillery United States: Anti-tank guns 37 mm gun M3: 37 mm (1.45 in) Anti-tank gun United States: Ordnance QF 6-pounder: 57 mm ...

  6. List of submachine guns - Wikipedia

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    ETVS submachine gun: Établissement Technique de Versailles 7.65×20mm Longue France: 1933-1939 SMG Experimental Model 2 submachine gun: Nambu: 8×22mm Nambu Japan: 1935 SMG F1 submachine gun: Lithgow Small Arms Factory: 9×19mm Parabellum Australia: 1962-1973 SMG FAMAE SAF: FAMAE: 9×19mm Parabellum Chile: 1993-Present SMG FBP submachine gun

  7. List of World War II infantry weapons - Wikipedia

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    Thompson submachine gun (American Lend-Lease and local production) [73] [74] M3 submachine gun (Lend-Leased to the National Revolutionary Army, along with the Thompson, to replace the outdated Chinese copies of the MP 18 and MP 28 submachine guns used during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the early years of the Chinese Civil War)

  8. Thompson submachine gun - Wikipedia

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    In 1938, the Thompson submachine gun was adopted by the U.S. military and was used during World War II. There were two military types of Thompson submachine gun: The M1928A1 , which had provisions for both box and drum magazines, utilized the Cutts muzzle brake, had cooling fins on the barrel , and employed a delayed blowback action with the ...

  9. MP 40 - Wikipedia

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    The designers of the American M3 "Grease Gun" examined British Sten guns and captured MP 40s for usable construction details. The folding stock became the model for those on later weapons, such as the Soviet PPS-43 and the AKS version of the AK-47 .