The M3 was an American .45-caliber submachine gun adopted for U.S. Army service on 12 December 1942 as the United States Submachine Gun Cal. .45 M3. Compared with the Thompson submachine gun the M3 was cheaper to produce lighter more accurate and was also chambered in .45 ACP.
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length (km)
0.75692
weight (kg)
3696.84
origin
United States
type
Submachine gun
used in war
Falklands War, Korean War, The Troubles, Chinese Civil War, Vietnam War, World War II, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dirty War, Greek Civil War
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