Mail Call: Tank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword

Air Date

Sunday August 4, 2002

Production Code

MC001

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• Stars

  • R. Lee Ermey Host

• Camera Operators

  • I-Li Chen Camera Operator
  • Brian Callahan Camera Operator
  • Dan Watmack Camera Operator
  • Sam Painter Camera Operator
  • Greg Taylor Camera Operator
  • Scott Farquharson Camera Operator
  • Randy Krehbiel Camera Operator

• Editors

  • Matt Stevenson Editor
  • John Bininger Editor
  • Steve Pomerantz Editor

• Co-Producers

  • Tara L. Craig Co-Producer
  • Keith Guinto Co-Producer
  • Martha Sloan Co-Producer

• Production Associates

  • Vinny Amato Production Associate
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• Gatling guns have 6 to 10 barrels. [edit]
• There were 110 American aces in World War I. [edit]
• The M5A1 Stuart tank was manufactured by Cadillac for the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. [edit]

• The Mail Call crew came up with the idea of using watermelons to show what weapons can do while filming the segment on samurai swords. When it came time to show the sword in action, no one was sure what to do. They remembered the watermelon they had with lunch. So they brought out some of the leftover watermelons and chopped them up with the sword. [edit]

• R. Lee Ermey: Modern day tanks may be bigger, heavier, and have a heck of a lot more firepower, but they're still driven the same way they were back in World War 2. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. [edit]
• R. Lee Ermey: (Talking to Craig Michaelson, a tank expert, about how to drive the M5A1 Stuart tank) Now, before I get into the cockpit of this weapon, why don't you explain a few things to be so I'm not a hazard to the neighborhood. [edit]

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