U S Army Hated This Fragile Machine Gun — Until U S Marines Proved It’s Deadlier Than The BAR скачать в хорошем качестве

U S Army Hated This Fragile Machine Gun — Until U S Marines Proved It’s Deadlier Than The BAR

On December 7, 1941, as Pearl Harbour burned, a forgotten weapon was quietly rejected in Washington—a light machine gun the U.S. Army called too fragile and too unconventional for war. Designed by Marine Reserve Captain Melvin Johnson Jr., this 13-pound automatic rifle promised something revolutionary: the firepower of a machine-gun team carried by a single soldier. This documentary tells the untold combat story of the Johnson Light Machine Gun, a weapon dismissed by military bureaucracy but embraced by elite U.S. Marines and commandos fighting in the most brutal environments of World War II. From the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal and Bougainvillea to the frozen mountain peaks of Italy with the legendary Devil’s Brigade, the Johnson LMG proved that mobility, innovation, and adaptability could outperform heavier, standardised weapons. Using firsthand combat reports, battlefield tactics, and historical analysis, this video explores how the Johnson LMG reshaped small-unit warfare, allowed Marines to fight independently in jungle combat, and influenced modern infantry doctrine—before disappearing from history due to logistics, politics, and peacetime standardisation. This is not just a story about a gun—it’s a story about how innovation survives combat but often loses to bureaucracy. #JohnsonLMG #JohnsonLightMachineGun #WW2Weapons #MilitaryInnovation #InfantryWeapons #AutomaticWeapons #ForgottenWeapons