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Marine Weapons Training; Greek Phalanx; MiG-29; Hellcat Tank Destroyer

Season 2, Episode 4, Aired Jan 19, 2003

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In this episode, R. Lee Ermey travels to the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Training Center at Camp Pendleton, California, where Marines fire at a video screen with "virtual" versions of their normal weapons. Gunny also learns more about the ancient Greek phalanx, an almost invincible infantry formation; the Russian MiG-29, the fastest frontline jet; the U.S. M-18 Hellcat tank destroyer, the fastest WWII tracked vehicle; Civil War cavalrymen gear; and dazzle paint, a type of nautical camouflage.moreless

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- The Confederate cavalrymen of the Civil War used a French pistol that would hold nine rounds instead of the standard six and had an extra barrel that fired a shotgun shell.
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- Most Civil War cavalry troops carried 2 to 4 pistols.
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- The M-18 Hellcat weighs 18 tons.
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- Between 1943 and 1945, 2,500 M-18 Hellcats were produced.
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- The Marines have 603 ISMT centers worldwide.
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- One of the Marines shown in the first segment (Marines Weapon Training) has the last name 'Jaenichen'. A close look of the Marine operating the M2 .50 caliber machine gun shows the name on his BDU's. Most likely he is GSgt Alfred Jaenichen, who appeared in Episode 14 in the segment on grenade launchers.
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- R. Lee Ermey: Now, I'll tell you what. I've got a twenty year old son that can pretty much camp out at the ISMT as long as you threw him a peanut butter sandwich every three days or so. (grabs a peanut butter sandwich) Hey, Clint! You can't sit in there and read e-mails for the rest of your life. Incoming! (tosses sandwich into tent) Now, where the hell is my clipboard? (the clipboard gets tossed out of the tent) Thank you.
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