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Steering a World War II tank; Gatling gun's speed; power of the samurai sword.

Tank; Gatling Gun; Samurai Sword

Parts of 15th-century armor; World War I infantry backpack; ingredients of a land mine.

Knight's Armor; WWI Backpack; Landmine

Body armor; accuracy of a medieval crossbow; how World War I pilots shot through their propellers.

Flak Vest; Medieval Crossbow; WWI Pilots

Aiming Civil War artillery pieces; how night-vision technology works; how to clear a minefield.

Civil War Cannoneers; Night Vision; Clearing a Minefield

Operating the LCAC; cavalry saddles used in the Old West; how gas masks work.

Landing Craft, Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC); U.S. Cavalry Saddles; Gas Masks

Maneuverable artillery; musket; Navy airships; precision flying team; pirates; depth charges

Mortar; WWII GIs' Personal Items; Native-American Arrows

How to refuel a fighter jet in mid-air; how ships send messages using signal flags; what soldiers eat.

Re-Fueling a Fighter Jet; Naval Signal Flags; GI Chow

How fast a Revolutionary War soldier could fire a musket; jousting; how to dig a foxhole.

Revolutionary WarMusket; Jousting; Foxholes

The ancient Roman pilum is designed to penetrate armor; World War II army radios; how rockets were first used on the battlefield.

The Pilum; WWII Radios; First Rockets

The weapons of the Japanese Ninja; how flamethrowers work; what military dogs do.

Ninja Weapons; Flamethrower; Military Dogs

Grenades; Dog Tags; Dinner in a Pouch

The Jeep; HIMARS; Hurricanes

Possible gear for troops on tomorrow's battlefields; Marines design their new camouflage pattern; the Stryker.

Future Gear; Marine Camouflage; Army's New Armored Vehicle

Learn how grenade launchers work; how a .30 caliber machine gun compares to a .50 cal; watch Ermey behind the wheel of a Flyer 21; and discover the origin of the word shrapnel.

Grenade Launchers; Grape Shot; Shrapnel; D-Day Paratrooper Gear; Jet Packs

American Civil War rifles from both sides; the first missile fired from the deck of a sub; deep-sea and crush-proof suits; breaking down a weapon; the Bowie knife; the evolution of a hedgechopper.

Civil War Rifles; 1st Missile Sub; Navy Divers' Gear; Field Strip; Bowie Knife

The Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge; the Fulton Recovery System; a pilot's survival kit; the ancient Greek warship Trireme; battleship guns; grapeshot.

AVLB; Fulton Recovery System; Pilot Survival Kit; Trireme; Battleship Guns; Grapeshot

Simulated marksmanship training; fastest front-line combat jet and World War II tank; Greeks of ancient times use the phalanx; Civil War cavalry gear; dazzle paint.

Marine Weapons Training; Greek Phalanx; MiG-29; Hellcat Tank Destroyer

Medieval catapults; platoons, companies and divisions; the Browning automatic rifle; smart bombs; parachutes; the weapon version of the boomerang.

Trebuchet; Troop Headcounts; BAR; Smart Bombs; Modern Parachutes; Boomerangs

Light Armored Vehicle; landing craft; World War I Doughboys; training troops; medieval chain mail; the military salute.

LAV; Landing Craft; Doughboy; OPFOR; Chain Mail; Military Salute

Vietnam gun truck; World War II household fat; missile silos; C-17 Loadmaster; Scottish kilts.

Deuce & a Half; Vietnam Gun Truck; World War II Household Fat; Missile Silos; C-17 Loadmaster; Scottish Kilts

full title:   Self-Propelled Artillery; Matchlock Musket; Airships; Blue Angels; Pirate Weapons; Depth Charges

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Maneuverable artillery; musket; Navy airships; precision flying team; pirates; depth charges

Self-Propelled Artillery; Matchlock Musket; Airships; Blue Angels;Pirate Weapons

The bazooka's replacement; mobile command post; Air Force Pararescuemen; 21-gun salute.

Anti-Tank Rocket; Bazooka; HQ Tour; Tactical Operations Center; Downed Pilots

Medieval weapons; World War I Lewis gun; carrier pigeons; gliders; anti-tank missile; ejection seats.

Medieval Weapons; Lewis Gun; Carrier Pigeons; Gliders in Combat; Anti-Tank

Marines' 26-ton AAV stays afloat; jeeps; battering rams; urban warfare; World War II bombers; pictures on World War II airplanes.

Amphibious Assault Vehicle; Jeep; Medieval Battering Ram; Urban Warfare; Ball Tu

Experimental planes; unidentified aircraft; first combat helicopter; directing artillery fire; commando knife.

Unmanned Aircraft; Bogey; 1st Combat Helicopter; Forward Observers

Motor lifeboat; carrier battle group; Sherman tanks; futuristic rifle; voice mail.

Newest Coast Guard Ship; Carrier Battle Group; Tanks; Sherman Tank; XM-29 Rifle

This episode was live in Kuwait.  Gunnery Sgt. Ermey talked to the troops and answered questions.

Live from the Gulf

Helicopters; hazing ritual; building runways in the Pacific; the G-2; battle tank

Super Stallion Helicopter; Flying Banana; Navy Hazing; Seabees; GI Jargon; Tank Ammo

Rifles; jet-assisted take-off; freefall parachute team; barrage balloons; military jargon.

M-1 Garand Rifle; First Assault Rifle; JATO; Golden Knights Parachute Team; Barr

Rocket-propelled artillery; artillery gun that fires the largest caliber shell; tents; tomahawks; slings.

Rocket-Assisted Projectile; WWII German Gustav; Tent Tech; Pup Tent; Tomahawk;

Military rifles in Vietnam; booby traps; the Ravens; the Wild Weasels; river-patrol boats; the Green Berets.

M-16; Viet Cong Booby Traps; Super-Secret Ravens; Wild Weasels; Vietnam River Patrol Boats; Green Berets

Rifle; blowgun; floating concrete caissons bridge the English Channel; weapons of the French resistance; improvements in front-line medical care; origins of the word "berserk."

Marine Sniper Rifle; BlowGun; Mulberry Harbor; French Resistance; Frontline Medi

Snipers; hand signals; Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail; motorcycles; tanks; the C-119 Flying Boxcar.

Marine Sniper School; Hand Signals; Ho Chi Minh Trail; Motorcycles; Loading Palettes; C-119

Armored scout cars; water-cooled machine guns; sleeping bag; sleeping on the battlefield; German U-boats; Navy ship invisible to radar.

Armored Scout Car; Water-Cooled Machine Gun; Fart Sack; Shuteye; Nazi U-Boats; Stealth Ship

Anti-personnel mine; 16th-century Scottish sword; early nuclear-powered submarine; how naval vessels resupply at sea; the Patriot missile; cadence songs.

Claymore Mine; 1st U.S. Nuclear Sub; Resupply at Sea; Patriot Air Defense Missile; Jody Songs

World War II M2A2 half-track; Snow Train; strange weapons used by the Allies in World War II; Navy hydrofoils; Air Force combat controllers; Marine Corps gunnery sergeants.

WWII Half Track; Arctic Vehicles; Weird Weapons; Navy Hydrofoils; Combat Controllers; Gunnery Sergeant

Training of military pilots; flak; the Doolittle Raid; Sleeping Beauty submarine; radios; foxhole radio.

Military Pilot Training; Flak; Doolittle Raid; One-Man Submarine; Military Radios

F-15 Eagle; single-man vertical flight machine; howitzer firing both conventional and nuclear warheads; Army-controlled missile programs; submachine guns; measuring bullets.

F-15 Eagle; Flying Platform; Atomic Annie; Army Missiles; Tommy Gun v. Burp Gun; Measuring Bullets

Avenger Air Defense System; Stinger and Red Eye missiles; military firefighters; the Triple Nickels; Kiowa scout helicopter; "Kilroy Was Here."

Avenger; Stinger & Red-Eye Missiles; Military Firefighter & Smokejumper; Kiowa Helicopter; Kilroy

Attack helicopter; AIM Sidewinders; transport plane; military police; flintlock pistols.

Cobra Attack Helicopter; Sidewinder Missile; C-54 Skymaster; MPs; Flintlock Pistol

Lee jumps with the Golden Knights; history of the U.S. Air Force; Flying Tigers; blood chit; AC-130U Spooky gunship; P-61 Black Widow.

Golden Knights; U.S. Air Force; Flying Tigers; Blood Chit; AC-130U Spooky Gunsh

Blimp; aerial reconnaissance during the U.S. Civil War; military shot guns; grapeshot revolver; Navy Graveyard; G.I. jargon: "poop."

Blimp; Miitary Shotguns; Navy Graveyard; Poop Deck

Guided Missile Destroyer; World War I aircraft and aces; Marine Corps FAST Teams.

Guided Missile Destroyer; WWI Aircraft & Aces; Marine Corps FAST Teams

Submachine guns; high-tech aerial command and control centers; fire support bases; slang term "Charlie."

Grease Gun; Sten Gun; E-3 Sentry AWACS; J-Stars; Vietnam Fire Support Bases; Charlie

Medieval Madness; National Technical Systems; Fabulous Flops; P-51 Mustang; A-2 Flight Jacket

Heavy Support Vehicles

Army Air Ambulance; 1st Special Service Force; Johnson Rifle; MiG-15 vs. F-86

Fastest Army Vehicle; Uncle Sam; Tank Destroyers; Anti-Tank Rifle; Dive Bomber

Navy SEALs; Frogmen; Kettering Bug; A-10 Warthog; Rommel's Afrika Korps Gear

Jump Gear; Weapons; Communications and Medical Gear

Nuclear-Attack Submarine: Diving, Steering and Sonar; Torpedoes and Tomahawk Missiles; Reactor; Chow

Mark V Special Ops Craft; U.S. Gunboat; German Paratroopers; German Junkers; M113 APC; K-Rations

Bren Gun & Carrier; Special Forces School Final Exam; Beasts of Burden; Predator; 1st RPV

Spanish-American War Rifle; Remembering the Maine; SR-71 Blackbird; U-2 Spy Plane; Training for Extreme Battlefield Conditions

The Navy Marine Mammals Program; The Chain of Evacuation in World War II; WC54 Ambulance; The Desert Ducks

Gear of the French Musketeers; Fighter Planes of World War II; High Altitude Rescue Team; XR-8 Syncopter

Marine Corps Marksmanship; The BAT; Maritime Safety & Security Teams

Silencers; Flashbang Grenade; WWII Japanese Gear; HITRON Teams

Javelin Anti-Tank Missile; Tankgewehr 1918; P-3 Orion; SOG

The War of 1812

Military Sidearms; Glock Handguns; MG42; WWII British Commando Weapons; Gun Truck Alley

XM8; Spencer; AC-47 Spooky; Small Diameter Bomb; Gotha Bomber

Rapid Fielding Initiative; Anti-Tank and Anti-Anti-Tank; Blimp Sub-hunters; Cloud Car

Zoaves; Flying Wing; ICBM; Swift Boats

Celebrity Golf Tournament, Gala Ball, and Auction

Ballista; Pedersen Device; Peashooter

NORAD

Afghanistan

The Pentagon

SS Lane Victory

29 Palms

Civil War Special

Iwo Jima Special

Gator Navy

Abrams M1-A1; Kasserine Pass and El Guttar

Benelli M4 Shotgun; 1st Air Cav in Vietnam; Germany's WWII ME-163 Komet & Kubelwagen

MK-19 Grenade Launcher; PPSH-41; WWII Weasel; Vertijet

Beach Master; DLI; Hooch; Eureka MPTGS Type 3 Tent; Cabanatuan Raid; Arisaka Rifle

German Renaissance; 9mm Luger P-08; AFN; Battle of Britain

Hurricane Katrina

DOD Firefighter; USMC Martial Arts Training; Little David

IED; Guadalcanal; Sullivan Brothers; Rough Riders

Army's National Training Center

AAV; Wild West Guns; Merrill's Marauders; Screaming Mimi

Former U.S. Marines Staff Sgt. R. Lee Ermey returns to Vietnam for the first time since 1969; veterans recall their experiences from the war.

Ermey's Vietnam

Minot AFB

Knob Creek Gun Range

War in the Pacific

Potato Digger; Smith; P-38; Wire Dawgs

Episode 3

Ermey's Biggest Bangs

Ermey's Hottest Rides

New intro/Best of: M203 Grenade Launcher, Trebuchet, 1895 Colt Machine Gun, MP5 9mm Submachine Gun, M1 Garand Rifle, A4 .30 Cal Machine Gun, Claymore Mines, Knob Creek Gun Range

New intro/Best of: Mid Air Refueling, Cobra Helicopter, Halftrack, The Jeep, Landing Craft Air Cushion Hovercraft (LCAC), Light Armored Vehicle, M5A1 Stuart Tank, 47ft motor life boat, promo - watermelon salesman

Pinnacle Armor; Apache Helicopter

R. Lee gets in a little trigger time training with a group of insurgents in an Iraqi Village at the most realistic training facility used by the U.S. Marine Corps w/Roger Cannon, Brian Plescia Capt Steve Coast. An in-depth tour of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, dedicated to finding and the remains of all missing and unidentified service men and women w/Lt. Lentfort Mitchell, Dennis Danielson Col Claude Davis. Witness the guns and gear used by the British Red Coats against the American rebels during our War of independence w/George Mack. The story of US troops on Panama w/Rob Lihani Sgt. Patrick Nugent Finally, take a trip to Fort MacArthur in Long Beach, California to re-enact the great L.A. Air Raid of 1942 w/Stephen Nelson

San Diego, California at the Strategic Operations Training Center

R. Lee Ermey answers viewer questions on location at with a focus on Air Force Special Operations and hardware. Lee tours the Air Force Base and gets a taste of what the officer candidates call "Hell Week"; then, Gunny goes to school and trains in car bomb and explosives detection and fires assault rifles used by terrorists. Finally, Lee takes off in the meanest gunship in the Air Force, the AC-130 and squeezes off a few rounds with its 105 mm cannon

Hurlburt Field, Florida

A WWII scout car nicknamed the greyhound. Gunny takes it for a test drive and fires off the M8's 37mm cannon with Bill Kirhkidis; then, Gunny features the Mauser C96 pistol (the pistol of choice for everyone from Winston Churchill to Star Wars' Han Solo) in a live fire demonstration. Gunny gives the gear geeks in the audience a field day with an overview of all the weapons, gear and gadgets used by the average German soldier during World War II with Anders Hudson. K98 Bolt action rifle, MP40, MG34, MG42, Stick Grenade, uniforms, boots, ammo pouch, bread bag, M3, 40, 42 helmet, camo, foodwagon. Gunny's Golf Tournament & Charities in Marriott DC - Young Marines with Shotgun Scramble won by Richard Grieco, Gunny's Ball with Bob Dole, ROTC - Maj Matt Donald, Ross Daly, Lt Col Todd Miller, Ohio State MSgt Dan Whitney, Terrorist Training - Robin Tullercash, War Dogs K( Corp - Sgt. Stubby of D-Dogs for Defense, War Dog Cemetery in Guan, Fort Benning training.

M8 Armored Car; Mauser C96 Pistol; Dogs in War

Mail Call was a television program that appeared on the History Channel and hosted by R. Lee Ermey, a retired United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant,. The show debuted on August 4, 2002 as part of the 'Fighting Fridays' lineup. Most episodes were 30 minutes, but from 2007 through the show's end in 2009 some episodes were 60 minutes.

During each episode, Ermey read and answered questions submitted by viewers regarding weapons and equipment used by all branches of the U.S. military now or in the past, as well as by other armed forces in history. Ermey often took his viewers on location to military training areas to film demonstrations. When not on location, Ermey broadcast from a set resembling a military outpost, including a tent, a Jeep, and various other pieces of military gear which changed throughout the series. At times, he would also have a bulldog - usually symbolic of Marines, especially drill instructors - on his show as well.

Comic relief was provided as Ermey inflicted DI-style verbal abuse on his viewers or tests the effects of various weapons on watermelons and paint cans, as well as occasional appearances of "Mini-Lee", an action figure styled in Ermey's likeness, often seen berating a luckless G.I. Joe figurine. His demeanor as host was similar to the character "Gunnery Sergeant Hartman" portrayed by Ermey in the Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, though this attitude was shown only towards his viewers and not the military special guests. Older viewers might compare him to Sergeant Vincent Carter, a character in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. television program.

The Best Seasons of Mail Call

The Best Seasons of Mail Call

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