Скачать или смотреть The 'Ingenious' Australian Periscope Rifle That Made Sniping Safe at Gallipoli

The periscope rifle let Australians kill Turkish snipers without ever showing their heads—and it was invented by a lance corporal using a biscuit box and broken mirrors. At Gallipoli's Quinn's Post, trenches sat 10 meters apart and lifting your head was suicide. British equipment offered no solution. Then William Beech, a 40-year-old builder's foreman, combined a Lee-Enfield rifle with mirrors and signal wire to create the most effective improvised weapon of WWI. This device cut sniper casualties by one-third and spread across the entire Anzac line within weeks. Discover how Australian ingenuity turned the deadliest positions at Gallipoli into survivable ground—and why the British Army copied the design for the Western Front.
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