TITLE:        Why 3-Barrel Signal Pistols Were So Popular 🔫
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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Why were armies so obsessed with this Japanese threebarrel signal pistol

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Why were armies so obsessed with this Japanese threebarrel signal pistol during World War II? You see, instead of being a standard one-shot pistol, it had three barrels with a white stripe on the top barrel and red and green stripes on the two lower barrels. And when fired, the white striped barrel lit up the battlefield, exposing enemy movements in the dark. The red one warned of danger ahead, and the green one meant safe passage, allowing friendly units to progress.

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[000.16] Why were armies so obsessed with this
[001.92] Japanese threebarrel signal pistol
[003.76] during World War II? You see, instead of
[006.08] being a standard one-shot pistol, it had
[008.24] three barrels with a white stripe on the
[010.16] top barrel and red and green stripes on
[012.32] the two lower barrels. And when fired,
[014.40] the white striped barrel lit up the
[016.16] battlefield, exposing enemy movements in
[018.16] the dark. The red one warned of danger
[019.92] ahead, and the green one meant safe
[021.84] passage, allowing friendly units to
[023.68] progress.
