M3 Anti-Tank Gun - HISTORY

With a range of 12,000 yards, the M3 Anti-Tank Gun was heavily used in the pacific campaign in WWII and R. Lee Ermey gets to shred some targets at the World's Largest Machine Gun and Cannon Shoot in Wikieup, Arizona.

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