TITLE:        Why Soldiers Were Forced to Pee on Their Guns 🫣
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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HOOK (first 3 seconds spoken):
Why would soldiers often pee into a water jacket during a fight? You see,

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FULL SCRIPT:
Why would soldiers often pee into a water jacket during a fight? You see, the Maxim gun was the first machine gun with a water cooling system that protected the barrel from overheating and let them keep firing non-stop. But because the water [music] quickly evaporated under extreme heat and supplies were often far away, they started using urine as a coolant, allowing a single [music] gun to replace entire firing units.

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TIMED:
[000.08] Why would soldiers often pee into a
[001.92] water jacket during a fight? You see,
[004.00] the Maxim gun was the first machine gun
[006.16] with a water cooling system that
[007.84] protected the barrel from overheating
[009.60] and let them keep firing non-stop. But
[011.84] because the water [music] quickly
[012.96] evaporated under extreme heat and
[014.88] supplies were often far away, they
[016.64] started using urine as a coolant,
[018.40] allowing a single [music] gun to replace
[020.08] entire firing units.
