They Ripped a Cannon From a Crashed Fighter—and Turned PT Boats Into Killers. скачать в хорошем качестве

They Ripped a Cannon From a Crashed Fighter—and Turned PT Boats Into Killers.

In October 1942, American PT boat crews faced a deadly problem: Japanese supply barges that torpedoes couldn’t hit. Desperate and running out of options, sailors stripped 37mm cannons from crashed aircraft at Henderson Field and welded them onto wooden patrol boats—without permission, testing, or approval. What started as a field improvisation became one of the most effective naval weapons of the war, destroying hundreds of enemy vessels and drastically reducing American losses. This is the true story of how innovation under fire reshaped PT boat warfare across the Pacific and beyond. A forgotten moment where ingenuity, risk, and raw necessity changed the course of naval combat.