"That German 75, they build it so low, they get it behind some brush or just inside the treeline, you can't spot it until it knock out one, maybe two Shermans, then you got no more tank support when their machineguns open up. Us Buddha-head Nisei boys built low to the ground too, but it's still some dirty work crawling close enough to a dug-in AT gun to give them the old æpineapple surprise.'"
Sgt. Tetsuo Shimada, 442nd Regimental Combat Team
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"I would rather be a machinegunner in an infantry regiment than serve in another anti-tank battalion. With an MG-34, if your position is spotted and you draw a concentration of fire, you can pick up the weapon and withdraw. A Pak-40 weighs over 3,000 pounds. You need a truck or a gun tractor to move it. Once they know where you are, it's just a matter of time."
