Go ahead...

Make my day.

I knew this guy many years ago. Used to correspond with him while he was in basic training.

That's right. This is a much younger "Tank"

Circa 1984

I won't even venture a guess as to the weight difference.

Tanker to Tank in 20+ years

1984 was a very good year for that sort of thing : )

Lookin' Good . . .

Wow, that's a good picture!

Let's see circa 1984, little miss me was oh, 9.

you can tell by the hands that he was going to be in the FBC

Geez, a grease gun? This pic was from '84? I thought they got rid of those long before that. Cool pic!

echo,

It's the Army, they just PLAY soldier, hence the grease gun.

Tank...just kidding : )

Hey Zoinks...they only call it "the Grease Gun"..but its a 45cal sub-machine gun that was used by crewmen on Tanks...

These things were stamped steel and had about 5 parts to em, every part was interchangable with any other grease gun...

We used to take 10 of em apart and throw all the parts into a pile and then re-assemble them as fast as we could...then test fire em...

I think the ones we were issued in 84' came outta sealed creates marked from the 40's, and beleive me they had many many more still unopened at that time...

Tank

You were a handsome lad, Tank.

Reminded me a bit of a Pablo without the attitude. LOL!

oh..I got plenty of attitude...its just that Mrs.Tank dosent let me use it too much...I think she keeps it in the same box as my Ya-Ya's...lol

Tank

Your twice the man you used to be without that gun Tank.

and then some.....

Tank

Baron...that's funny!

Tank,

Those things always reminded me of those chef machine guns on Speed Racer. Wasn't the clinking of the mechanical parts louder than the round going off?

and about as accurate as a cartoon gun too...lol

the bolt was bout the size of a beer can and was as heavy as one (full) too..

Tank

Wow! No wonder you kept writing to him! Looks a little like Kurt Russell.

Yup, Tank's right. M-3A1 "grease gun". Does more damage if you throw it at the enemy. Makes a loud click as the trigger is pulled just before it fires.

Cool pic Tank! Not many guys I know have actually fired the damned thing.

During training we were told that once your tank was killed to give the grease gun to the lowest rank in the tank and have them shoot into the air while the others ran for cover...cause shooting into the air was the safest place to aim that thing...

Of course once you were covered you would then lay down cover for that guy using your m1911a1 (45cal pistol)...cause you never wanted to fire your grease gun with friendlies in front of you...lol...

Tank

How youz do'n Tank

This is pretty damn cool! Thanks for sharing!