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Topic: GENERAL MOTORS CONTRIBUTIONS IN WW II |
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FRANK |
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Posted on: Oct 22, 2008 - 6:33pm
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Hello there QM-
The Wildcats that were produced by GM were given the designation as FM-2. The main difference between the F4F Wildcat's and the GM FM-2 were in the main tail section. The main tail on the FM-2 were higher than that of the F4F's. The FM-2 also had beefed up armor surrounding the cockpit area for the pilots protection.
Thank you kindly for your interest, QM.
Frank Ryczek, Jr.
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Jeff D
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 Posted on: Oct 25, 2008 - 1:55am
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GM's Saginaw division, AC Spark Plug, and Frigidaire also produced one of the all time great guns, the Browning .50 caliber M2 machine gun. This bad boy is still in use today and pretty much unchanged since WW II.
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fredtheobviouspseudonym
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Posted on: Nov 19, 2008 - 12:40am
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Also, IIRC, the General Motors Guide Lamp division made the Liberator pistol.
While I don't believe that they were used in action the Liberator was a very cheap, single shot .45. The idea was that they would be paradropped en masse to various guerrilla groups. Each Liberator came in a box that included the pistol, 10 rounds of .45 ACP ammo, and a comic book. The latter showed without words how to load & fire the thing. The heroic guerrilla was then supposed to sneak up to an Axis soldier, fire once, then take the weapon dropped by the dead enemy.
Good luck. The weapon was a smoothbore so effective range was pretty low.
It was pressed out of pot-metal (except the barrel, IIRC) and would have looked crude had it been a kid's toy. Apparently GM made a fair number at about $3.00 apiece, and did it so fast that one Liberator was coming off the line every few seconds.
If so, given that it was a single shot pistol, it may have been the first pistol made more quickly than it could be reloaded. [The latter is, of course, a joke; while a pistol came off the line every few seconds any individual pistol would have taken a lot longer to reload.]
Long, but an interesting (to me, anyway) bit of US industrial history and one of GM's contributions.
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Nov 19, 2008 - 2:54pm
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Fred,
OMG! BFF! LOL! WTF ROTFLMFAO! Forgive my ignorance to "netspeak" but what the heck does "IIRC" stand for? I have a feeling like I should know but I dont do much text messaging so maybe thats why I am unfamiliar with its meaning. It is a common term but I just dont know what it means and you seem to use it a whole bunch. Thanks for clearing up my ignorance. Thanks! Jerry
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newsnerd99
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Posted on: Nov 19, 2008 - 3:19pm
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Jerry, you just made me ROFL! (Rolling on floor, laughing for those less "hip")
IIRC is "If I Remember Correctly)
Too funny!
Grandson of James J Stanton
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Dick
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Posted on: Nov 19, 2008 - 4:32pm
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Jim, Jerrry, all:
Well so much for Phonics – it’s Acronyms for now . . . . . SYLOTB. Oh yeah, “See You Later On The Backside”
TWYL PTF&V
“Talk With You Later, PT boat Fans & Vets,”
Dick . . . . . .
PS: and here I though people were telling me lol (Loud Old Loser), who knew 
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fredtheobviouspseudonym
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Posted on: Nov 21, 2008 - 8:48pm
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For Mr. Gilmartin:
Mr. Newsnerd99 is correct.
I'm not much of an Internet whiz but I have found certain acronyms useful and time-saving. IMHO (in my humble opinion; sometimes IMDHO or "in my deservedly humble opinion"), YMMV ("your mileage may vary" -- i.e., "I cannot guarantee that if you use this information you will get the same result as I" -- essentially a CYA message. I will not translate the latter as it long predates the Internet); AFAIK ("as far as I know" -- again, a CYA message) and there are others which I do not understand.
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Ron 18
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Posted on: Mar 17, 2009 - 9:31am
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Don't forget the 45 cal. liberator pistol that we dropped behind enemy lines. GM manufactured out of sheet metal.
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