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Old July 1st, 2009, 02:57 PM   #11
TucAzRider
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Originally Posted by Captain Crunch View Post
Ah, but you can.

During WW2, the U.S. Army experimented with a curved barrel on the M3 .45 ACP submachine gun (the "grease gun.") It was intended to fire around building corners and out of tank hatches.

They said it worked...

Yep... I read about this before,. Crazy stuff,. It did work from what the read said, but the barrels tended to blow up prematurely???? Not sure why.
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