They Laughed At His "Gangster" Gun — Until It Swept The Bunker Clean

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When the US Army tried to fight a "Gentleman's War" with rifles in the Hürtgen Forest, one sergeant ignored the experts—and used a "gangster's gun" to clear the Siegfried Line.

The Problem: The Thompson M1928A1 was considered "obsolete" by 1944. It was too heavy (over 11 lbs), too expensive ($225 vs. $20 for a Grease Gun), and fired a slow pistol round that dropped like a rock after 50 yards. Commanders wanted soldiers carrying rifles for precision fire, dismissing the "Chicago Typewriter" as a heavy relic of the Roaring Twenties that had no place in modern warfare.

The Risk: Pinned down by a reinforced German pillbox that shrugged off mortar fire, Sergeant Mike "Chopper" Doyle realized precision wasn't the answer. He crawled into the "dead zone" alone, armed with the "wrong weapon." He didn't aim—he painted the room. Using the heavy weight of the drum magazine to fight recoil, he turned the specialized submachine gun into a bunker-clearing machine, betting his life that volume of fire would beat accuracy.

In this video, we uncover: -
-Why the "obsolete" heavy drum magazine was the secret to controlling the weapon's recoil.
-How Doyle used the "Chicago Piano" to single-handedly clear a fortified German command bunker.
-The physics of the slow .45 ACP round that turned it into a "sledgehammer" in close quarters.

They Laughed At His "Gangster" Gun — Until It Swept The Bunker Clean

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