TITLE:        Why Would Soldiers Cover Their Tanks In Spikes 🪡
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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Why would American tank crews weld hundreds of nails onto their own armor

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FULL SCRIPT:
Why would American tank crews weld hundreds of nails onto their own armor during World War II? You see, in the Pacific, Japanese soldiers would rush tanks on foot and slap magnetic mines directly onto the steel hull. And once attached, the mine punched through the armor and shredded the crew inside with shrapnel. So, the Americans started welding rows of massive nails across every surface of the tank. These spikes made it nearly impossible to get close enough to plant a mine. And even if one stuck, it sat inches away from the hull, detonating too far from the armor to break

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[000.08] Why would American tank crews weld
[001.76] hundreds of nails onto their own armor
[003.52] during World War II? You see, in the
[005.36] Pacific, Japanese soldiers would rush
[007.20] tanks on foot and slap magnetic mines
[009.28] directly onto the steel hull. And once
[011.44] attached, the mine punched through the
[013.04] armor and shredded the crew inside with
[014.72] shrapnel. So, the Americans started
[016.40] welding rows of massive nails across
[018.32] every surface of the tank. These spikes
[020.16] made it nearly impossible to get close
[021.84] enough to plant a mine. And even if one
[023.68] stuck, it sat inches away from the hull,
[025.68] detonating too far from the armor to
[027.36] break
