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green beanie01 Jun 2016 6:17 a.m. PST

I was wondering if there are any 15mm companies producing a US figure armed with the M3 grease gun? Thank you for your help. (If they are out there, how do I get my hands on one?)

Personal logo Extra Crispy Sponsoring Member of TMP01 Jun 2016 8:12 a.m. PST

MJ Figures make separate grease guns….

Airborne Engineer01 Jun 2016 8:27 a.m. PST

Seems like that line has been bought out multiple times. Does anyone still sell them?

john lacour01 Jun 2016 8:31 a.m. PST

In 15mm, some of the old glory american paras are so armed.

But be warned. They are s**t figures. I'd say the worst in their ww2 range.

Nic Robson01 Jun 2016 8:53 p.m. PST

Can I recommend our Eureka ones?
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Buy them from me in Australia, Rob Walter in the USA or Fighting15s in Europe.

Nic EUREKA MINIATURES

Personal logo Mserafin Supporting Member of TMP02 Jun 2016 8:24 p.m. PST

In 15mm, some of the old glory american paras are so armed.

But be warned. They are s**t figures. I'd say the worst in their ww2 range.

Some of their regular GIs are also so armed, and I think they're fine figures*

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I'm linking to the Skytrex (UK) pictures of the figures because they're clearer. Also. the Skytrex figures tend to be a bit better cast than their American cousins.

Leadgend03 Jun 2016 12:03 a.m. PST

Some of the BF FOW US have M3 SMGs but mostly as slung weapons for mortar crew or the like. You can buy figures individually from Eureka so that's probably the best place to go if you just want M3 SMG figures.

Mark 1 Supporting Member of TMP04 Jun 2016 10:24 p.m. PST

In 15mm, some of the old glory american paras are so armed. …

Some of their regular GIs are also so armed, and I think they're fine figures*

They may be fine figures … I don't pretend to be an experienced judge of 15mm stuff. But looking at the pics, I will say that I don't see ANY figures carrying an M3 grease gun.

In the top pic I clearly a soldier on the left carrying a Thompson (Tommy gun, if you prefer), and a soldier on the right carrying what might be interpreted as an M1 carbine (or maybe something else…), and one soldier in the center carrying what appears to be an odd form of a sawed-off or shortened Tommy gun. But there is certainly no one carrying anything that resembles a grease gun.

In the bottom pic I clearly see a soldier on the right carrying a Tommy gun, and soldier in the center with an M1 rifle ("Garand"), and a soldier on the left again carrying something I can not readily identify. Looks almost like a French MAT-49 … I know that doesn't make sense, and it doesn't look like a particularly well modeled MAT-49, but that's about the closest I can get with what we see.

The simplest and most clear visual identification characteristic of the M3 grease gun is the barrel. It has no shroud, no forestock, no foresight, no muzzle brake, no flash suppressor, nothing. It is nothing but a round tube protruding from the receiver assembly. It is fairly distinctive in this regard. There are many SMGs with folding stocks and long vertical box magazines, but I can't think of another that has such a distinctive barrel.

I just don't see any grease guns in those pics…

-Mark
(aka: Mk 1)

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