TITLE:        Why Did American Pilots Sit On Body Armor
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
URL:          https://youtube.com/watch?v=p8MbbpxDKfk
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They placed their own armor on the seats and sat exposed during the entire

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FULL SCRIPT:
They placed their own armor on the seats and sat exposed during the entire flight. You see, during the Vietnam War, the US dominated the air, and the crews were not scared of enemy helicopters because they didn't have any. But because the Vietnamese could fire their AK-47s, which could easily punch straight through the helicopter's thin aluminum floor, the real danger was coming from below. And that's why soldiers started putting their armor under their butts, inventing what later became an armored helicopter seat.

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TIMED:
[000.08] They placed their own armor on the seats
[002.00] and sat exposed during the entire
[004.08] flight. You see, during the Vietnam War,
[006.32] the US dominated the air, and the crews
[008.64] were not scared of enemy helicopters
[010.40] because they didn't have any. But
[012.08] because the Vietnamese could fire their
[013.84] AK-47s, which could easily punch
[016.32] straight through the helicopter's thin
[017.92] aluminum floor, the real danger was
[019.92] coming from below. And that's why
[021.44] soldiers started putting their armor
[023.04] under their butts, inventing what later
[025.04] became an armored helicopter seat.
