Скачать или смотреть When They Put Rocket Shells and Three Magazines in M1 Carbines — Japanese Called it Sky Piercer

March 1945. Okinawa. The M1 Carbine couldn't penetrate Japanese fortifications. Soldiers were dying trying to breach concrete bunkers with a weapon that lacked stopping power. Then Colonel Marcus Webb created something that changed everything.
The T23 Rocket-Assisted Carbine Round transformed America's most distributed weapon into a bunker-busting nightmare. With miniature rocket motors igniting 15 feet downrange, these rounds accelerated from 1,990 to 3,400 feet per second — punching through two inches of concrete before detonating inside.
The Japanese called it "Ten wo Tsuku" — Sky Piercer — because the rocket exhaust trails looked like holes torn in the darkness.
This experimental weapon featured a triple-magazine system holding 90 rounds, three firing modes, and explosive ammunition that was classified for 53 years. Only 2,247 units were ever produced. Over 380 soldiers who carried them died in combat.
This is the story of desperate innovation, battlefield testing, and the weapon that terrified Japanese defenders enough to earn a legendary nickname.
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