Marines Called His Gun “WEAK”— Until It PUNCHED Through A Japanese Tank

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They called it a "steam pipe" and a "shoulder breaker." But when the Japanese tanks rolled out of the jungle, this hated 36-pound British cast-off was the only thing standing between the Marines and a massacre.
The Problem: Guadalcanal, 1942. The US Marines are dug into the mud, exhausted and isolated. Their standard infantry weapons—Springfields and machine guns—are useless against the armor of the incoming Japanese Type 95 tanks.
The Risk: With no Bazookas available and air support grounded by rain, the Raiders were facing being overrun by armored columns. Their only hope was the Boys Anti-Tank Rifle—a weapon so heavy and painful to shoot that most soldiers wanted to throw it away. But if they didn't trust this "obsolete" elephant gun, the line would break.

✅In this video, we uncover:
-How the massive .55 caliber tungsten round used sheer kinetic violence to punch through tank armor.
-The "physics of death" inside a tank when hit by a Boys Rifle round (spalling).
-Why this "useless" weapon enjoyed a brief, violent Golden Age in the Pacific theater.
-The story of the Marine Raiders who turned a hated piece of heavy metal into a legend of the Solomon Islands.

Marines Called His Gun “WEAK”— Until It PUNCHED Through A Japanese Tank

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