Скачать или смотреть How One Marine Turned an Aircraft Gun Into a Handheld Killer on Iwo Jima

On February 19, 1945, Beach Green One on Iwo Jima became a killing ground. U.S. Marines were pinned down by concealed pillboxes, interlocking tunnels, and relentless machine-gun fire—until a single Marine stepped into the open carrying a weapon that was never meant to exist.

This is the true World War II story of Corporal Tony Stein and the “Stinger”—an improvised handheld machine gun built from an aircraft Browning AN/M2, a rifle stock, and scavenged metal parts. Designed to fire from the rear cockpit of a dive bomber, the weapon was never intended for ground combat. Yet on Iwo Jima, it unleashed a terrifying 1,200 rounds per minute at the precise moment the landing force needed it most.

From jungle sniper warfare on Bougainville to the black volcanic sand of Iwo Jima, this story reveals how desperation, engineering skill, and battlefield improvisation created one of the most legendary unauthorized weapons of World War II—and how Stein’s fearless actions earned him the Medal of Honor.

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