How a U.S. Sniper’s “Broken Rifle” Killed 97 Japanese in 4 Days скачать в хорошем качестве

How a U.S. Sniper’s “Broken Rifle” Killed 97 Japanese in 4 Days

Discover the extraordinary true story of how a single Marine sniper turned a damaged rifle into one of the deadliest tools of the Pacific War during four days on Leyte Island in November 1944. When Corporal James “Jimmy” McKenna’s Springfield rifle was bent, cracked, and officially unserviceable after Japanese mortar fire, doctrine said his effectiveness should have ended—but combat reality proved otherwise. Drawing on a childhood spent hunting with misaligned rifles in the Kentucky hills, McKenna applied instinctive compensation calculations that allowed him to maintain lethal precision at ranges up to four hundred yards, even with a bent front sight and cracked scope. Over ninety-six hours, firing nearly four hundred rounds, he achieved ninety-seven confirmed kills, systematically eliminating Japanese officers, collapsing command and control, and paralyzing an entire defensive sector without a frontal assault. Based on Marine after-action reports, ordnance evaluations, captured Japanese diaries, and postwar interviews, this documentary reveals how predictable imperfection, when fully understood, can outperform flawless equipment in untrained hands. From the psychological terror inflicted on Japanese forces who believed they faced a supernatural marksman, to the lasting influence McKenna’s actions had on modern sniper training, this is a powerful exploration of combat adaptability, unconventional skill, and the harsh reality that sometimes victory comes not from perfect tools, but from mastery of broken ones.