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TV-PGMilitary • War
Season 110 Episodes
Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; LandmineS1 E2Parts of 15th-century armor; World War I infantry backpack; ingredients of a land mine.
Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI PilotsS1 E3Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers.
Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a MinefieldS1 E4Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.
Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas MasksS1 E5Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles, used in the Old West; how gas masks work.- Mortar; WWII GIs' Personal Items; Native-American ArrowsS1 E6Mortar; World War II G.I.'s personal items; American Indian arrows.
- Re-Fueling a Fighter Jet; Naval Signal Flags; GI ChowS1 E7How to refuel a fighter jet in mid-air; how ships send messages using signal flags; what soldiers eat.
- Revolutionary War Musket; Jousting; FoxholesS1 E8How fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket; jousting; how to dig a foxhole.
- The Pilum; WWII Radios; First RocketsS1 E9The ancient Roman pilum is designed to penetrate armor; World War II army radios; how rockets were first used on the battlefield.
- Ninja Weapons; Flamethrower; Military DogsS1 E10The weapons of the Japanese Ninja; how flamethrowers work; what military dogs do.
Future Gear; Marine Camouflage; Army's New Armored VehicleS1 E13Possible gear for troops on tomorrow's battlefields; Marines design their new camouflage pattern; the Stryker.
Synopsis
Host R. Lee Ermey, a retired staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, reads mail and answers viewer questions about past and present military matters. Ermey frequenly takes viewers on location to address certain questions or types of equiment, and runs the show almost as if he's a drill instructor for the viewers.Cast
R. ErmeyRating
TV-PG
Genres
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