[dmam2011]

Correct. I had to Google it too.

[rlmorel]

Funny, I always heard Korean vets refer to the ones the Chinese carried as "burp guns", and references before that to our own "grease guns".

Heh, burp gun to my modern ear sounds like something a comedian would bring out on stage with them...kind of like this gun:

Dr. Nefario's Fart Gun