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How An American "Toy" Weapon Made German Tanks Worthless In Normandy

In the summer of 1944, American soldiers landed in Normandy carrying a weapon that looked like a simple metal tube. The M1 Bazooka weighed just thirteen pounds and was so quickly developed that its first sight was made from a bent coat hanger. German tanks like the Panther and Tiger seemed unstoppable, with armor too thick for most Allied weapons to penetrate. But in the dense hedgerow country of Normandy, everything changed. The close terrain forced tank battles to happen at distances where the Bazooka could strike from the side or rear, where German armor was weakest. At La Fiere Bridge on D Day, a handful of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division used Bazookas to stop a German armored counterattack, earning Distinguished Service Crosses for their bravery. This documentary tells the complete story of how the M1 Bazooka went from a desperate improvisation to a weapon that changed the relationship between infantry and armor forever. From Robert Goddard's 1918 rocket demonstration to Lieutenant Edward Uhl's scrap pile invention, from the hedgerows of France to the battlefields of Korea, discover how American ingenuity created a weapon that gave ordinary soldiers the power to fight back against the mightiest tanks in the world.