19 Dangerous Historical Weapons | Smithsonian Channel

From a massive pipe bomb to a deceptive vehicle, these historical weapons from The Weapon Hunter were highly dangerous. 0:00 Intro to ’19 Dangerous Historical Weapons’ 0:16 What it was like to be on the ground at Iwo Jima 3:24 Allied troops used these massive pipe bombs at Omaha Beach 7:38 Unleashing the historic gatling gun on a watermelon line-up 11:25 A Pearl Harbor veteran tells his harrowing story of survival 13:50 Putting a disposable Vietnam-era rocket launcher to the test 18:18 A demonstration of elite WWII combat techniques 19:48 How dirty is Sniper training? 23:13 How not to lose your hand while firing a cannon 26:32 Rare: The $30,000 sword George Custer used in battle 28:06 Epic footage of a flamethrower in action 29:59 How a U.S. veteran held off more than 35 enemy soldiers 33:53 How psychological warfare scared German troops 35:31 Firing one of the deadliest cannons of the Civil War 37:50 How the Civil War ushered in a new era of weapo