Tank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired
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R. Lee Ermey, who played the sergeant in Full Metal Jacket, applies his gruff sense of humor in this half-hour series that answers viewers' mail about what the armed forces were, and really are, like! In this first episode, he finds out how to steer the WWII tank M5A1 (the Stuart); how fast a Gatling gun can fire; and why the samurai sword is so powerful.moreless
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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

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      • 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

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      • 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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