How a US Sharpshooter's "Soup Cannister Trick" Took Down 112 Japanese in 5 Days скачать в хорошем качестве

How a US Sharpshooter's "Soup Cannister Trick" Took Down 112 Japanese in 5 Days

This is the true story of the "Soup Can Trick" on Okinawa. An unnamed Marine (nicknamed "Soup Can" by veterans) discovered by accident that Japanese soldiers couldn't resist investigating light flashes. He used polished C-ration soup can lids to reflect sunlight at enemy cave positions. Japanese training taught them to watch for muzzle flashes. Human psychology made them investigate unexpected light sources. That half-second of exposure was enough for Marine snipers with M1903 Springfield rifles and 8x Unertl scopes at 200 yards. The technique spread through the division in days. Marines scrounged soup cans, polished the lids, flashed them at Japanese positions. Enemy soldiers looked. Snipers shot. One sniper team killed 23 Japanese soldiers in 4 hours using the technique. In the first 5 days of widespread use, approximately 112 Japanese soldiers were killed in one sector (estimated from intelligence reports of abandoned positions and reduced return fire). The technique exploited the "orienting response"—involuntary human attention to novel stimuli. Even trained soldiers couldn't fully override this instinct under combat stress. The Japanese tried not reacting, but psychology won. By campaign's end, the technique accounted for several hundred casualties. The original Marine's name was never recorded. Marines didn't keep the soup can lids—they were trash. But the innovation saved American lives by killing enemy soldiers more efficiently. Modern military still uses this principle (laser designators, IR strobes—same psychology). One soup can lid. Zero training required. 5-6x improvement in kill rate. #WWII #Okinawa #worldwar2 #ww2history #ww2 #wwii