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I was in the Navy several years after Vietnam was over but I knew and served with several people that served on river boats in Vietnam. They had some crazy sea stories. One was related to the Zippo Boats....I did not know or could not remember that they were called zippo boats.

Except it was british

Needs mention of Goodeve and Dept of Miscellaneous Weapons Development.

Well done!!

Very concise video with lots of interesting information.

The Graham Brothers built many of the LVTs.

Interesting. Depth charges had an 80:1 success rate but hedgehogs a 5:1. But hedgehogs shot 24 bomblets at once, making it a 120:1 success rate. Hedgehog bomblets could rain on a target. Depth charges could not.

2:40 one grenade explodes - is this real footage of hitting a U-Boot?

What branch are you in?

Great video! Although it doesn’t detract from your narration, it’s “Unit Commendation,” not “unit accommodation.”

i thought they were called screaming mimis. never heard it called "moaning minnie" before

The last US war where the Journalists had souls.

Hard to belive all this crap happened unreal.

Semper Paratus I was there in Div. 11 On the repair force and then served on the CGC Point Garnet 82310 in 67 and 68 great coverage. MKC David L. Marshall

Your armament spec's are flawed. RONONE 82' WPB's carried the mk.2 coaxial 81 mortar/.50 caliber BMG mount forward. This was weapon was invented by a Coast Guard Gunnery CPO.

MK 6 and Mk 9 were the only ones to see wide spread use, the others were basically trials that didn't pan out. No navy in WW2 had a reliable magnetic fuse.

Napalm and the US military during the 60s-70s are more inseparable than Beavis and Butthead

Semper Paratus. CG 64/69

Thank you

PO... ET3... USCG... used to just say CG. 😂 Keep videos like these coming Mate! My Father was Air Force. He did 2 tours "In Country". Dad was instrumental in me becoming a Coastie and not a Marine. My Boot Camp Company Commander (Filipino) hated Charlie and SWORE we would end up going back... that was 1978. Glad he was wrong... but He made sure his Coasties were lean, mean, ready and hungry to go back if called upon.

nice vid!

Awesome. My grandpa was a commander of an LVT (A)5 in the Korean War. I have a pic of him with his crew beside it.

Interesting video. Thanks!

Plus depth charges could only be used at high speed unless you wanted to blow off your stern! 20% hit rate is huge!

Has a strange head like an R-4 droid from star wars

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Great vid

I love this sub so much, i bought one made by Umarex, that shots bb's.. @465fps, fully auto, all steel, It is an exact replica. I LOVE it. I have a video of me shooting it on my page.

I love LVT tank❤️❤️❤️

Not only have I never heard of something like this used with submarine crews, your previous video was pretty insightful because I never new what kind of burn time military-grade flamethrowers had.🤯

I think I've watched five videos by now so I figured I'd leave a comment, I'm definitely enjoying the classic History channel feel to everything. Keep up the good work.

I’ve never heard of this device. Always cool learning something you thought you knew so much about. Sad there is only one comment on this video.

More factual footage, less introduction and exit chatter, and you might go places here. I've subscribed, so let's see what you got.

Cant even hear the weapon over your nauseating voice.

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The M-5 A1 at the start of the video. Is one of my units M-5's. 14th armored recreations out of Shepherdsville K.y.

Ok

My uncle Leo Piersall served aboard PT532 in the Pacific. In April 1943 radar was being installed on one out of four to six boats. By the time PT532 launched in October 1943 all boats were getting 'radio sets'. This greatly aided navigation as many were lost on reefs. In about November 1944, for the Borneo campaign they were outfitted with 5" rockets shot out of a 4x4 set of launch tubes. This gave these boats the punch they previously lacked. They were not too bad to reload either. Rocket equipped PT boats are "Devil boats". A destroyer with a five inch gun can shoot six or eight miles probably and these rockets are only good for a mile and a quarter. Since night action happened at closer distances these worked well. Two of the five boats in PT532's squad had extra guns. The Captain's boat had a 37 mm cannon from an army airplane. This was mounted up front for armored barges. Once the 20 mm became available, the slower rate of fire 37 mm were removed from Army planes. That is how these guns became available. Another boat had an English anti-armor recoilless rifle to help out with armored barges. The boats were also outfitted with a CO2 fire suppression system. They lost a lot of boats and men, it was hazardous duty.

Meh that SMG is still pretty trashy not reliable compare to the Thompson & the Grease Gun...

I find this absolute intimidating. How are you using the most powerful and most destructive element out of all four and use it as a weapon to burn enemies into a crisp.

I was in tanks in the 80's & 90's had a M-3A1 if they were for sale I would by one, if they do become for sale in the future I would buy one!😙

Awsome boats, have a video, They were Expendable John Wayne, Forest Tucker, Elvis Presley. When they took MacArthur off the Philippines island.

Made by Guide lamp div. Of GMC. And Ithica Gun Co. in New York.

Going to be upgrading my microphone in the coming weeks, current one is the old snowball and it’s not sounding how I would like it to. Appreciate y’all!

Favorite BBQ

I could've bought an M3 from J. Curtis Earl in Arizona for $600 back in the late '90s. Wish I had!

I believe 110k were produced. Had the chance to handle one. Weighs about the same as the m1 garand. But a price tag of 5000 was a hard pass

Great video! Keep the good work!

When I was in I was given a M 3 a1 an yes I was a tanker M60a3 back in the 80's loved mine

PTs were made famous by POTUS35 for his heroics in WW2.