Fighting With a Broken Gun

January 03, 2020 00:35:33
Fighting With a Broken Gun
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Fighting With a Broken Gun

Jan 03 2020 | 00:35:33

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Show Notes

As a lieutenant on his first deployment, Capt. Steve Beckman was in charge of a platoon equipped with a unique vehicle—a Stryker variant called a Mobile Gun System. But when the 105mm main weapon stopped functioning during an engagement with Taliban forces, he had to come up with a different way to fight the vehicle to protect US forces under fire.

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