Private Bob Shine and the M3A1 Grease Gun: Desperate, Ugly, Awesome

Two of many weapons I had to leave in Vietnam which are now at the bottom of a well and the government refused to pay me for them as they weren’t authorized. Paid for my ’52 Citroen though. The End Of A Republic

On a cold day in January of 1945, an American Infantry Private named Bob Shine was ordered to assault uphill to seize a fighting position occupied by three young German Volkssturm troopers near Salmchateau, Belgium. Shine and two comrades quickly prepared for the mission. These three troopers typically carried .30-06 M1 rifles but appreciated that these long heavy weapons would be less than ideal tools for a chaotic close-range assault. Trading among other members of their unit all three took up M3 Grease Guns. The greasers were relatively new and ugly as sin, but they could be relied upon to provide a proper volume of heavy automatic fire.

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