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Spotlight: M3 “Grease Gun”

In Spotlight on 17 November 2008 at 2:41 pm

M3 Grease Gun

Answering the call for an SMG to replace the expensive Thompson, the M3 entered service in 1942. How good is it? Reports of is recent use continue to surface.

Paul Beck: Visionary Unknown

In Aviation on 17 November 2008 at 11:04 am

Paul Ward Beck

How did this relatively unknown Army officer transform warfare forever? Read how Lt. Col. Beck imagined a present-day air force in 1913.

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