Американская хитрость: как выпустить 8000 стальных дротиков из одного артиллерийского снаряда

In 1967, an American artillery battery fired at enemy soldiers fifteen metres from its own guns, with a shell that turned into 8,000 steel darts. Fire Support Base Gold, Tay Ninh Province. The Viet Cong were through the wire and inside grenade range, and normal artillery was useless that close. The answer was a classified round the gunners called Beehive. This is how it worked, where it fell short, and what happened at FSB Gold when the guns were lowered to fire point-blank. Have you ever heard of the Beehive round? Tell us in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 One shell, 8,000 darts 0:23 21 March 1967: Fire Support Base Gold 2:18 Why normal artillery failed inside the wire 5:26 The trick: the Beehive round 8:10 The limits of Beehive 9:54 Back at FSB Gold: point-blank 12:20 What the record proves 13:08 The answer Real film and photos: U.S. National Archives, U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps (public domain), labelled on screen. No film of Suoi Tre or of a Beehive round being fired is known to exist. Sources: Ott, Field Artillery 1954-1973 (U.S. Army Center of Military History); FM 6-50. Music: original score made with AI (Suno). #VietnamWar #Beehive #MilitaryHistory