I just realised I recognised the gun Cleon uses in the Vietnam scenes, and its one of the old tank crew guns from WW2. I thought this gun had been phased out by Vietnam, but found this article on wiki that says that the US was still issuing these guns right up to the early 90s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3_submachine_gun
Always thought this gun looked really mean to fire!
You kiddin'?
When I first joined in early 1998 I had to help inventory the arms room. We had two of them in there until sometime a few years later. The thing is a piece of stamped metal garbage. Much heavier than it looks and you couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with it.
I live in the UK though where all but licensed sports firearms and shotguns are illegal. I'd rule the streets with an M3 grease gun!
I read they were easier and cheaper to produce than Tommy guns in WW2 hence there's still a lot of em floating around in the states. Kinda reminds me of the Brit Sten gun in that respect...
"Give them nothing! But take from them everything!" - King Leonidas
Quite right on all counts.
The Germans had their MP40, the Brits had their Sten, we got the Grease gun.
The Grease gun wasn't as bad as most folks put out
It had a slower rate of fire than the Thompson, but was lighter and more compact, ideal for airborne and tank operations
Fired a .45 caliber which will ruin your day if you get hit with it
Sub-Machine Guns in general aren't very accurate, but the idea was to get rounds out there
Inside 50yds it did very well.
You don't have to stand tall, but you have to stand up!
our Howitzer mechanics carried them in 1988-90 when I was at Ft Stewart.
"Vive la mort, vive la guerre, vive le sacre mercenaire."