Скачать или смотреть Why Marine Riflemen Started Shooting 'Without Scopes' — And Outgunned Japanese Snipers

Discover the moment U.S. Marine riflemen turned the tide of jungle warfare — and shocked Japan’s elite snipers. In 1943, amid the dense, echoing forests of Guadalcanal and Bougainville, American marksmen began shooting without scopes — a counterintuitive tactic that defied every sniper doctrine of World War II. What began as desperation soon became dominance. With the M1 Garand’s semi-automatic fire rate of 40–50 rounds per minute and rugged precision sights, Marines of the 1st and 5th Divisions learned to strike faster than Japanese sharpshooters could reload their bolt-action Arisakas. Eyewitness accounts from Hill 660 to Peleliu describe Japanese snipers stunned — outgunned at their own deadly game. Backed by America’s unmatched wartime industry and battlefield innovation, the Marines’ “iron sight revolution” spread across the Pacific, transforming infantry tactics and sniper warfare. From Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, this was the evolution of U.S. fire superiority that changed the course of the Pacific War.

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