Plus grease guns were introduced to the military as a cheaper, easier to manufacture alternative to the Thompson midway through the war. Thompsons were just damn expensive to make. Grease guns were about as simple as you could get other than maybe a Sten.
Plus grease guns were introduced to the military as a cheaper, easier to manufacture alternative to the Thompson midway through the war. Thompsons were just damn expensive to make. Grease guns were about as simple as you could get other than maybe a Sten.
The context you seem to be missing is that “greaser” used to be a slur for Italians.
Huh, I never knew that
Also why the movie “Grease” was named as it happens.
The “Greaser” culture John Travolta’s character represents had become synonymous with Italian and Mexican American youths.