Season 1
8.6/1010 votesTank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/4/2002
Steering a World War II tank; Gatling gun's speed; power of the samurai sword.
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- 8.1/109 votes
Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; Landmine
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/11/2002
Parts of 15th-century armor; World War I infantry backpack; ingredients of a land mine.
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- 8.1/109 votes
Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/2002
Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers.
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- 8.5/108 votes
Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/2002
Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.
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- 8.6/107 votes
Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/1/2002
Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles used in the Old West; how gas masks work.
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Mortar; WWII GIs' Personal Items; Native-American Arrows
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/2002
Maneuverable artillery; musket; Navy airships; precision flying team; pirates; depth charges
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- 9.4/107 votes
Re-Fueling a Fighter Jet; Naval Signal Flags; GI Chow
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/15/2002
How to refuel a fighter jet in mid-air; how ships send messages using signal flags; what soldiers eat.
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Revolutionary WarMusket; Jousting; Foxholes
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/22/2002
How fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket; jousting; how to dig a foxhole.
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The Pilum; WWII Radios; First Rockets
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/29/2002
The ancient Roman pilum is designed to penetrate armor; World War II army radios; how rockets were first used on the battlefield.
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Ninja Weapons; Flamethrower; Military Dogs
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/5/2002
The weapons of the Japanese Ninja; how flamethrowers work; what military dogs do.
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Grenades; Dog Tags; Dinner in a Pouch
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/7/2002
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The Jeep; HIMARS; Hurricanes
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/2002
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Future Gear; Marine Camouflage; Army's New Armored Vehicle
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/28/2002
Possible gear for troops on tomorrow's battlefields; Marines design their new camouflage pattern; the Stryker.
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