M3 Submachine Gun - Wikipedia

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Metralhadora M3
A M3 é uma submetralhadora americana calibre .45
Metralhadora, Cal. .45, M3
adotada pelo Exército dos EUA em 12 de dezembro
de 1942, como a Submetralhadora dos Estados
Unidos, Cal. .45, M3 . [12] O M3 foi preparado
para o mesmo cartucho .45 ACP disparado pela
submetralhadora Thompson , mas era mais barato
para produzir em massa e mais leve, em detrimento
da precisão. [12] O M3 era comumente referido como
" Grease Gun " ou simplesmente " the Greaser ",
devido à sua semelhança visual com a ferramenta do
mecânico . [13] Submetralhadora M3 com lâmpada guia da
época da Segunda Guerra Mundial com
O M3 foi concebido como um substituto para o carregador de 30 tiros e outros acessórios. O
Thompson e começou a entrar no serviço de linha de parafuso Buffalo Arms neste M3 original é
frente em meados de 1944. A variante M3A1 foi datado de janeiro de 1944.
usada na Guerra da Coréia e em conflitos Tipo Submetralhadora
posteriores. Lugar de Estados Unidos
origem
O rifle M14 , adotado em 1959, pretendia substituir o
M3A1 (bem como o M1 Garand , o rifle automático Histórico de serviço
Browning M1918 e a carabina M1 ) [14], mas o recuo Em serviço 1943 – presente
do cartucho OTAN de 7,62 × 51 mm do M14 provou
Usado por Ver usuários
ser muito poderoso para o papel de metralhadora. O
M14, por sua vez, foi substituído pelo rifle M16 em
Guerras Segunda Guerra Mundial [1]
1964, e esta arma (disparando o cartucho OTAN Guerra Civil Chinesa
intermediário 5,56 × 45 mm ) foi um substituto Guerra Civil Grega [2]
melhor para o M3A1. As submetralhadoras M3A1 Revolução Nacional
foram retiradas do serviço de linha de frente dos Indonésia
EUA depois de 1959, mas continuaram a ser
Primeira Guerra da
emitidas, por exemplo, como armas de reserva para Indochina [3]
tripulações de veículos blindados até a Guerra do
Guerra da Coréia [1]
Golfo (1990-1991). Muitas bases militares dos EUA
no exterior continuaram a emiti-los para certas Revolução Cubana
tripulações em meados da década de 1990. Guerra da Argélia
Invasão da Baía dos Porcos
História [4]
Guerra do Vietnã [1]

Em 1941, o Conselho de Artilharia do Exército dos
Os problemas
EUA observou a eficácia das submetralhadoras
empregadas na Europa Ocidental , particularmente Guerra Civil do Laos
a submetralhadora alemã 9 × 19mm MP 40 e a Emergência Malaia
submetralhadora britânica Sten , e iniciou um Guerra Sino-Indiana
estudo para desenvolver sua própria Insurgência comunista na
submetralhadora do tipo "Sten" em outubro de 1942. Malásia (1968-1989)
[13]
O Departamento de Artilharia solicitou ao
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Exército que Conflito Papua

apresentasse uma lista Guerra de Bush na Rodésia
de requisitos para a
Guerra Civil Cambojana
nova arma, e a
Invasão turca de Chipre [5]
Artilharia, por sua vez,
recebeu uma lista Shaba II [6]
separada de requisitos Guerra Cambojano-
dos ramos de Infantaria Vietnamita
e Cavalaria para uma Guerra Sino-Vietnamita
arma de ombro com Guerra Civil Salvadorenha
capacidade de fogo total
M3 em uso na Bretanha , Guerra Suja Argentina
ou semiautomática em
França, agosto de 1944 Guerra das Malvinas [7]
calibre .45 ACP ou .30
Carabina . [12] Guerra Soviético-Afegã
Guerra Irã-Iraque [8]
As duas listas de requisitos recebidas pela Ordnance
Guerra do Golfo Pérsico [9]
foram então revisadas e alteradas por funcionários
Conflito Moro
do Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG). O requisito
alterado exigia uma arma construída inteiramente Guerra Civil do Burundi
em chapa metálica em .45 ACP, projetada para Guerra do Kosovo
produção rápida e barata com um mínimo de Primeiros motins de Ambon
usinagem e apresentando capacidades de fogo [10]
totalmente automáticas e semiautomáticas, um Guerra no Afeganistão

ferrolho pesado para manter a taxa cíclica de
Guerra do Iraque
disparar menos de 500 tiros por minuto e a
Guerra Civil Síria
capacidade de colocar 90% dos tiros disparados de
uma posição em pé em modo totalmente automático História de produção
em um alvo de 6x6 pés a um alcance de 50 jardas. Designer George Hyde
[12] A referência para testar o desempenho do M3
Projetado 1942
seria o M1928A1 Thompson. [12]
Fabricante General Motors , outros
George Hyde, da Divisão Interior da General Custo unitário Aproximadamente. US$ 15
Motors, recebeu a tarefa de projetar a nova arma, (1943; equivalente a US$
enquanto Frederick Sampson, engenheiro-chefe da 264 em 2023) [11]
Divisão Interior, foi responsável por preparar e
Produzido 1943-1945,
organizar as ferramentas para produção. As início dos anos 1950
especificações originais do T15 de 8 de outubro de
Não. Total: 655.363
1942 foram alteradas para remover a função de tiro
construído
semiautomático, bem como para permitir a M3: 606.694
instalação de um kit para converter o calibre .45 M3A1: 48.669
original da arma para o de 9 mm Parabellum . [12] A
nova designação para a arma 9 mm/.45 totalmente Variantes M3A1
automática foi T20 . [12] PAM1
Cinco modelos protótipos do .45 T20 e cinco kits de PAM2

conversão de 9 mm foram construídos pela General T29
Motors para teste. Nos testes militares iniciais, o
Especificações
T20 completou com sucesso seus testes de precisão
Massa M3 (vazio): 3,70 kg (8,15 lb)
com uma pontuação de 97 em 100. [12] No teste de
resistência, a arma de teste disparou mais de 5.000 M3A1 (vazio): 7,95 lb (3,61
cartuchos de munição de latão, com apenas duas kg)
falhas na alimentação. . [12] Quatro painéis de teste Comprimento 29,1 pol (740 mm) de
do exército compostos por vários ramos do serviço estoque estendido / 21,9 pol
militar testaram e revisaram independentemente as (556,3 mm) de estoque
armas protótipo T20, incluindo o Comando recolhido
Aerotransportado, o Conselho de Guerra Anfíbia, o
Comprimento 8 pol. (203,2 mm)
Conselho de Infantaria e o Conselho de Forças
do cano
Blindadas. [12] Todas as quatro filiais relataram mau
funcionamento causado pela revista, principalmente
atribuídos a seguidores de revista com defeito ou Cartucho .45 ACP (11,43×23mm)
emperrados. [12] Parabelo 9×19mm
.30 Carabina (7,62x33mm)
The T20 was formally approved by U.S. Army
Ordnance for production at GM's Guide Lamp Ação Blowback , parafuso aberto
Division in Anderson, Indiana, in December 1942 as Taxa de tiro 450 rodadas/min cíclicas (=
the U.S. Submachine Gun, Caliber .45, M3.[12] 7½/segundo)
Guide Lamp produced 606,694 of the M3 variant Velocidade 900 pés/s (274 m/s)
submachine gun between 1943 and 1945.[12] inicial
Although reports of malfunctions caused by the Alcance de tiro Mira fixada em 100 jardas
single-feed magazine design appeared during the efetivo (91 m) [12]
initial firing trials, no changes were made to the M3
Sistema de Caixa removível de 30
magazine.[12]
alimentação cartuchos ou revista de
Around one thousand M3 submachine guns in caixa removível de 32
caliber 9 mm Parabellum were built by Guide cartuchos
Lamp.[15] These original 9 mm guns, identified by Vistas Mira traseira fixa e visão
the markings U.S. 9 mm S.M.G. on the left side of dianteira da lâmina,
the magazine well (without any model designation, calibrada para 100 jardas
such as M3), were delivered to the OSS in 1944. The para munição de bola
9mm M3 was also supplied to the French, Belgian, calibre .45 M1911 [12]
Dutch, Italian and Norwegian resistance groups so
that captured German ammo could be used thus reducing the need for .45 ACP ammo resupply
drops from the OSS and the SOE. Additionally, Rock Island Arsenal and Buffalo Arms Corporation
manufactured parts for a limited number of 9 mm conversion kits for the M3.[16] Though 25,000
kits were originally requested for procurement, this was changed to a recommendation by the
Ordnance Committee in December 1943 that only 500 9 mm conversion kits be obtained.[16]
Procurement was authorized in February 1944, but it is believed that only a limited number of kits
were actually produced.[16] These conversion kits included a new 9 mm barrel, replacement bolt
and recoil springs, a magazine well adapter for use with British Sten gun 32-round magazines, and
a replacement 9 mm Sten magazine of British manufacture.[16] As the M3's sights were not altered
for the new cartridge, the 9 mm M3 shot high at 100 yards, but the sighting error was deemed
inconsequential. The OSS also requested approximately 1,000 .45-caliber M3 submachine guns
with an integral sound suppressor designed by Bell Laboratories. Specially- drilled barrels and
barrel nuts were manufactured by Guide Lamp, while the High Standard Firearms Company
produced the internal components and assembled the weapon.[17] The Bell Laboratories
suppressor was estimated to be only 80% as efficient as the British suppressed STEN Mk IIS.[18]
With its stamped, riveted, and welded construction, the M3 was originally designed as a minimum-
cost small arm, to be used and then discarded once it became inoperative.[19][20] As such,
replacement parts, weapon-specific tools, and sub-assemblies were not made available to unit-,
depot-, or ordnance-level commands at the time of the M3's introduction to service.[21][22] In 1944,
a shortage of M3 submachine guns created by the need for interim production changes forced U.S.
Army Ordnance workshops to fabricate pawl springs and other parts to keep existing weapons
operational.[19][23]
After its introduction to service, reports of unserviceability of

the M3 commenced in February 1944 with stateside units in
training, who reported early failure of the cocking handle/bolt
retraction mechanism on some weapons.[12] Similar reports
later came from U.S. forces in Britain who were issued the
M3.[12] An investigation revealed several deficiencies in the
construction of the M3's bolt retraction mechanism, together
with issues concerning barrel removal and retention as well as
easily bent rear sights.[12] As a result, several product
Brig. Gen. Harrison, armed with M3
improvements were incorporated into all new M3 production,
submachine gun in conversation
including a new design retracting pawl with improved heat
with Capt. John E. Kent, Co. A,
117th Infantry Regiment somewhere treatment, a new spring stop fitted to the right-hand brace of
in France, fall 1944 the retracting lever, a modified ejector featuring a cocking lever
trip, a larger ratchet pad with improved heat treatment to more
securely retain the barrel assembly, and strengthening gussets
fitted to the sides of the fixed 'L' rear sight.[12] After new complaints were raised about accidental
magazine releases and failure of the wire buttstock to remain in place in the collapsed position, two
additional changes were made to M3 production and approved by Ordnance on 31 August 1944.[12]
This included a small sheet metal guard around the magazine release button, and the inclusion of a
stop between the two rods forming the wire stock at the butt end.[12]
The M3 submachine gun was suitable for issue to tank crews, drivers, and paratroopers because of
its compact design. The M3 was also ideal for the Pacific War because the Thompson could easily
jam if not cleaned, which had to be done constantly in the jungle environment because the action
did not have a cover over the ejector as the M3 did.
The improved and simplified M3A1 variant was introduced in December 1944 in response to field
requests for further improvements to the basic M3 design; 15,469 were produced before the end of
World War II, and an additional 33,200 during the Korean War.[12]
It was originally hoped that the M3 could be produced in numbers sufficient to cancel future
orders for the Thompson submachine gun, and to allow the Army to gradually withdraw the more
expensive Thompson from front-line service. However, due to unforeseen production delays and
requests for modifications, the M3 was introduced later than expected, and purchases of the
Thompson continued until February 1944. The M3 first entered combat service in the summer of
1944. A total of 622,163 M3/M3A1 submachine guns of all types were assembled by the end of
World War II.
The M3 became the main submachine gun over the Thompson for the U.S. and South Korean
forces during the Korean War, because the Communists used the Thompson submachine gun,
which the U.S. donated during World War II, as one of their main weapons during the war.[24]
The M3 and M3A1 were largely withdrawn from U.S. frontline service beginning in 1959 but
continued to be issued until at least the 1991 Gulf War as equipment aboard armored vehicles, in
particular the M60 tank (which was used by some United States National Guard units until
1997).[25]
It was also the initial submachine gun equipping the Delta Force (formed in 1977) who prized it for
its impressively quiet performance when equipped with a suppressor.[26] Within a year, the M3A1
had been replaced by the 9 mm Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun in Delta Force use, but a few
were kept past that date as it was felt that the M3A1 performed better with a suppressor than the
MP5. Delta Force M3A1s were fitted with thumb safeties.[27]
Design details
The M3 is an automatic, air-cooled blowback-operated weapon that fires from an open bolt.
Constructed of plain 0.060-inch-thick (1.5 mm) sheet steel, the M3 receiver was stamped in two
halves that were then welded together.[12] The M3 has a fixed firing pin milled into the face of the
bolt and fires using the principle of advanced primer ignition blowback operation. The bolt was
drilled longitudinally to support two parallel guide rods, upon which were mounted twin return
(recoil) springs. This configuration allows for larger machining tolerances while providing
operating clearance in the event of dust, sand or mud ingress.[28] The M3 features a spring-loaded
extractor which is housed inside the bolt head, while the ejector is located in the trigger group.[29]
Like the British Sten, time and expense was saved by cold-swaging the M3's barrel.[12]
Operating mechanism
The M3 operating sequence is as follows: the bolt is cocked to
the rear using the cocking handle located on the right side of
the ejector housing. When the trigger is pulled, the bolt is
driven forward by the recoil springs, stripping a round from the
feed lips of the magazine and guiding the round into the
chamber. The bolt then continues forward and the firing pin
strikes the cartridge primer, igniting the round, resulting in a
high-pressure impulse, forcing the bolt back against the
resistance of the recoil springs and the inertial mass of the bolt. A diagram of the M3 illustrating
By the time the bolt and empty casing have moved far enough function
to the rear to open the chamber, the bullet has left the barrel
and pressure in the barrel has dropped to a safe level. The M3's
comparatively low cyclic rate was a function of the relatively low pressure generated by the .45 ACP
round, a heavy bolt, and recoil springs with a lighter-than-normal compression rate.
Features
The gun used metal stamping and pressing, spot welding and seam welding extensively in its
construction, reducing the number of man-hours required to assemble a unit. Only the barrel, bolt
and firing mechanism were precision machined. The receiver consists of two sheet metal halves
welded together to form a cylinder. At the front end is a knurled metal cap which is used to retain
the removable barrel. The cold-swaged, rifled barrel has four right-hand grooves. M3 and M3A1
submachine guns can be fitted with an optional, detachable flash hider, though none saw any
service in World War II.[30] A later production flash hider designated Hider, Flash M9 was
produced in time to see service during the Korean War. It

proved popular in combat, as frequent night engagements
emphasized the need to reduce flash signatures on small arms.
In Korea, U.S. soldiers equipped with automatic weapons were
taught to look above the flash of their weapon during night
firing, a tactic that sometimes prevented the detection of
crawling enemy infiltrators and sappers.
Projecting to the rear is a one-piece wire stock made from a

formed steel rod that telescopes into tubes on both sides of the
receiver. Both ends of the stock were tapped and drilled so that
it can be used as a cleaning rod. It can also be used as a
disassembly tool or as a wrench used to unscrew the barrel
cap.[31]
M3 receiver markings
The M3's cocking handle assembly is located on the right-hand
side of the receiver on the ejector housing, just forward and
above the trigger, and consists of nine parts.[28] As the handle is pulled to the rear, a pawl rises to
engage a notch in the bottom of the bolt, pushing the bolt to the rear until it locks back on the sear.
The fixed sights consist of a rear aperture sight preset for firing at 100 yards (approximately 91 m)
and a front blade foresight. All M3 submachine guns were test-fired for accuracy at a distance of
100 feet (30 m).[12] With the sights set at six o'clock on a bull's-eye target, each gun was required to
keep four out of five shots within or cut the edge of a 3-inch (76 mm) bull's-eye to meet accuracy
requirements.[12]
The weapon's only safety is the hinged ejection port dust cover. This cover has a projection on the
underside that engages a notch on the bolt, locking it in either its forward or rearmost positions.
The M3 has no mechanical means of disabling the trigger, and the insertion of a loaded magazine
loads the gun. With receiver walls made of relatively thin-gauge sheet metal, the M3/M3A1 is
subject to disabling damage if dropped on an open dust cover—the covers bend easily, negating the
safety feature. Dropping the gun on a sharp or hard surface can dent the receiver enough to bind
the bolt.
The M3/M3A1's 30-round magazine was the source of complaints throughout the service life of the
weapon.[32][33] Unlike the Thompson, the M3 feeds from a double-column, single-feed detachable
box magazine which holds 30 rounds and was patterned after the British Sten magazine; the
single-feed design proved difficult to load by hand, and is more easily jammed by mud, dust, and
dirt than double-column, staggered-feed designs like the Thompson.[34] Plastic (Tenite) dust caps
were later issued to cover the feed end of the magazine to keep out dust and other debris. Inland
started development of the dust caps in May 1944, and they were formally adopted in November
1944.[35]
Variants
M3A1
In December 1944, a modernized version of the M3 known as the M3A1 was introduced into
service, with all parts except the bolt, housing assembly, and receiver interchangeable with those of
the M3. The M3A1 had several improvements:
Most significantly eliminating the troublesome crank-type cocking lever assembly, replaced by
a recessed cocking slot machined into the top front portion of the bolt, letting it be cocked by
putting a finger into the cocking slot and pulling back the bolt.
The retracting pawl notch was removed, and a clearance slot for the cover hinge rivets was
added.
The ejection port and its cover were lengthened to allow the bolt to be drawn back far enough
to be engaged by the sear.
The safety lock was moved further to the rear on the cover.
To make loading the single-feed magazine easier, a magazine loading tool was welded to the
wire stock; it also served as a cleaning rod stop.
The barrel bushing received two flat cuts that helped in barrel removal by using the stock as a
wrench.
The barrel ratchet was redesigned to provide a longer depressing lever for easier
disengagement from the barrel collar.
The spare lubricant clip (on the left side of the cocking lever assembly) was removed, replaced
with an oil reservoir and an oiler in the pistol grip of the receiver assembly. The stylus on the
oiler cap could also double as a drift to remove the extractor pin.
At 7.95 pounds empty, the M3A1 was slightly lighter than the M3, at 8.15 pounds empty, primarily
due to the simplified cocking mechanism.[12] The M3A1 was formally approved for production on
21 December 1944.[12]
The M3A1 modifications resulted in a more reliable, lighter weight, easier to maintain, and easier
to field strip submachine gun; the original M3 needed both the trigger guard removed and the
cocking crank assembly detached from the receiver housing before unscrewing the barrel, but the
M3A1 only required the user unscrew the barrel. To date, only one 9 mm conversion kit for the
M3A1 has been discovered.[16]
Because it had already been issued in large numbers, the existing M3 magazine design was
retained, despite demonstrated deficiencies exposed during the weapon's firing trials and its early
combat service.[33] In an effort to improve reliability, a hard plastic Tenite cap designated T2 was
adopted in November 1944 to fit over the feed lips of loaded magazines.[34] These caps protected
the feed lips while keeping out dirt, sand, and debris.[36] Sometime during the 1960s the hard T2
plastic cap was replaced in service with one of pliant neoprene rubber, which could be removed
with less noise.[37] Unfortunately, during service in the humid climate of Vietnam it was discovered
that the rubber cap caused rust to form on the covered portion of the magazine, while causing
loaded ammunition to corrode.[37]
Initially, M3 submachine guns returned for repair were not upgraded to the M3A1 standard, but
merely inspected to ensure they had the improved M3 housing assembly and magazine release
shield.[38] During the Korean War, existing M3 guns in service were converted to the improved
M3A1 configuration using additional new production parts.[39] During the conversion, armorers
frequently removed the M3 cocking handle, leaving the rest of the now-redundant cocking
mechanism inside the subframe.[40] Overall, the M3A1 was seen by most soldiers and Ordnance
technicians as an improvement over the M3. However, complaints of accidental discharge
continued to occur even as late as the Korean War.[40] These incidents were sometimes caused by
dropping the weapon on a hard surface with an impact sufficient to knock open the ejection port
cover and propel the bolt backwards (but not enough to catch the sear). The return springs would
then propel the bolt forward to pick up a cartridge from the magazine and carry it into the
chamber, where the bolt's fixed firing pin struck the primer upon contact.[40][41]
In 1945, the Guide Lamp factory manufactured 15,469 M3A1 submachine guns before production
contracts were canceled with the end of the war. During the Korean War, Ithaca Gun Co built
another 33,200 complete guns as well as manufacturing thousands of parts for the repair and
rebuilding of existing M3 and M3A1 weapons.[42]
T29
Prototype chambered in .30 Carbine.[43][44] The idea for the T29 was driven by logistical reasons
and for a weapon to rival the StG 44 which used an intermediate round. The first two examples
used 14 inch barrels whereas the third used an 8 inch barrel. Notable differences of the T29 to the
M3 SMG was the increased length of the magazine well and magazine release catch to use M1
Carbine magazines. Internal components such as the bolt was cut back 9.5mm to give the front of
the bolt 15.8mm diameter round extension and a 12.7mm steel block at the rear of the bolt for
weight. The guide rod locating plate ahead of the bolt was made thicker and given a central hole to
match the round extension of the bolt. This operation closed the bolt head during the last part of
the travel forward striking the cartridge. The mainsprings were also different, a system of two
springs were used in the T29 to drive the bolt and also used a shorter stronger spring as a buffer.
The ejector was also different as it was spring loaded. Receivers of the T29 were modified from M3
SMG receivers using the same M3A1 layout without the previous damage prone cocking handle.
Retractable M3 SMG stocks were used without the integral loading tool. Double column, double
feed magazines were easy to load without the use of a speedloader. Ejection port was lengthened
for the .30 carbine round with the dust cover acting as a safety.
Foreign variants and derivatives
P.A.M. 1 and 2 (Argentina)

In 1954, a variant of the U.S. M3A1 submachine gun was designed at the Argentine FMAP (Fábrica
Militar de Armas Portátiles) factory in the city of Rosario and put into production the following
year as the P.A.M. 1 (Pistola Ametralladora Modelo 1).[45][46] Constructed of somewhat thinner-
gauge steel than the U.S. M3A1, the P.A.M. 1 was in essence a 7/8-scale replica of the U.S. weapon
in 9 mm Parabellum caliber,[47] but was lighter[48] and had a higher rate of fire. This was due to an
incomplete transfer of all details to Argentina.[49] In service, the P.A.M. 1's thinner sheet steel
receiver tended to overheat with extended firing, while the gun itself proved somewhat more
difficult to control in automatic fire despite the smaller caliber. Additionally, triggering the weapon
to fire individual shots proved difficult owing to the increased rate of fire. Problems with accidental
discharges and accuracy with the P.A.M. 1 led to an improved selective-fire version with a grip
safety on the magazine housing known as the P.A.M. 2, first introduced in 1963.[49]
Colloquially referred to as La Engrasadora (the Greaser), 47,688 P.A.M. 1 and P.A.M. 2

submachine guns were produced between 1955 and 1972. A number of P.A.M. 1 and P.A.M. 2
submachine guns were used by the Argentine Army during the Falkland Islands War with the
United Kingdom in 1982, and captured examples were tested by British military forces.[50]
Type 36 and 37 (China)

The Type 36 is a direct clone of the M3A1, manufactured in 1947 at the Shenyang Arsenal in
Mukden.[3] It resembles a M3A1, except that it has no flats to allow the use of a wrench for easy
removal and it has no oil bottle trap in the pistol grip.[3] Its parts are not interchangeable with the
M3A1.[3]
Ten thousand Type 36s were made before they were obtained by pro-Communist forces in 1949.[3]
The Type 37 is a direct clone of the 9mm-chambered M3, made at the 60th Jinling Arsenal near
Nanking.[3] Production continued in Taiwan as the Type 39, a successor to the Type 37.[3]
Users
Argentina[51]
Austria[52]
Bolivia[53]
Brazil[54]
Burundi: Burundian rebels[55]
People's Republic of China: Captured and used in the
Korean War by Chinese PLA soldiers.
Republic of China Lend-Leased to the National Philippine Naval Special Warfare
Revolutionary Army, along with the Thompson, to replace Group members conduct interdiction
the outdated Chinese copies of the MP 18 and MP 28 training with the U.S. Coast Guard
submachine guns used during the Second Sino-Japanese in Cebu City, 2009. Two of them are
War and the early years of the Chinese Civil War.[56] armed with M3s.
Copies made as the Type 36 and Type 37 which the
number were named after the Chinese Republican
Calendar[3][57]
Front for Congolese National Liberation[6]
Cuba[58]
Ecuador[53]
France: Used during World War II by the Free French forces[53] and during the
Indochina[59] and Algerian War[60]
Greece Used by the Greek armed forces during World War II and the post-World War II
period.[2][61]
Grenada[62]
Guatemala[53]
Haiti[63]
Indonesia:[10] Obtained from Royal Netherlands East Indies Army after Indonesian
independence.
Iran[64] Used by the Iranian Imperial Guard.[65]
Italian Partisans: Supplied with .45 ACP and 9 mm versions.[66]
Japan: Used by the JSDF until the adoption of the Minebea PM-9.[67][68][69] Known to be
used by JGSDF tank crews as a personal defense weapon. All guns retired by 2011.[70]
South Korea: The Army received 748 M3s before the Korean War. The M3 in service with
the Army reached 4,565 (Dec 1950), 7,350 (Dec 1951), 23,311 (Dec 1952), and 39,626 (27 Jul
1953) units.[24] Later used by Special Warfare Command until replaced by K1A SMG.
North Korea:[53] Used by spies infiltrating South Korea.
Kingdom of Laos: Received by US Government during Vietnam War 1955–1975.[71]
Macedonia: 707 surplus M3 submachine guns were transferred to Macedonia in 1999.[53]
Morocco: 1,472 surplus M3A1 submachine guns were transferred to Morocco in the
1990s.[72]
Norway 9 mm variant supplied to the Norwegian resistance during World War II by the OSS
(along with the United Defense M42 submachine gun).[73]
Paraguay[74]
Philippines:[53] Had their M3 submachine guns released from reserve stockpiles by the
Philippine Navy due to budget constraints.[75] Modifications done on the refurbished weapons
include an integral suppressor and a Picatinny rail.[76] The weapon had been tested with a
prototype in May 2004.[75]
Soviet Union[77]
Taiwan: Still in service in the 1960s.[78]
Thailand: Used by Royal Thai Air forces.
Turkey[61]
United Kingdom: In use by British 78th Division after
November 1944[79] and later used by soldiers of 41 Philippine Marine Corps (PMC)
Commando in Korea[80] requisitioned M3 from the Philippine
Navy has a Simmons red dot optical
United States[1][53][81] sight on picatinny rail, integral
North Vietnam: Used by Viet Cong and Viet Minh.[82] suppressor and a modified
South Vietnam[83][84] magazine to have less jamming.
West Papua Liberation Army[85]
See also
Halcón M-1943, Argentinian submachine gun, of similar era
Jungle style (firearm magazines), the practice of taping gun magazines together
List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation SNL A-58
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Guerra do Vietnã [1]

Exército que Conflito Papua

totalmente automáticas e semiautomáticas, um Guerra no Afeganistão

Cinco modelos protótipos do .45 T20 e cinco kits de PAM2

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produced in time to see service during the Korean War. It

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P.A.M. 1 and 2 (Argentina)

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