Episode 1Free | Hulu
Length: 22:38
Posted: 2/17/2009
Season 2, Episode 1: How do grenade launchers work? How does the .30 caliber machine gun compare to the .50 cal you fired in an earlier show? What gear was unique to D-Day paratroopers? watch
Check out the equipment paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions used on D-Day. In this video clip of History's Mail Call, host R. Lee Ermey demonstrates 1942 jump suits, a switchblade, rope, first aid kit, cricket clickers and more. watch
In a Mail Call video, R. Lee Ermey answers Hector of Memphis, Tennessee who wants to know how the United States Navy uses M.A.D. gear (magnetic anomaly detection). This low-altitude radar system was used to find submarines from the air. watch
