00:00This is a tank the US military spent $14 billion developing.
00:03When a rocket hit the tank, it left only a shallow dent on the hull.
00:07Everyone seemed satisfied with the result.
00:08But Lieutenant Colonel John sensed something was off.
00:11He wanted to move closer for a detailed inspection, but his superior stopped him.
00:14The fire team goes out there first, and then no one else allowed near the vehicle for at least another
00:18hour.
00:19However, Lieutenant Colonel John wasn't so easily fooled.
00:21The next day, he returned to the test site alone.
00:23After a thorough examination, he discovered the rocket used in the test was made in Romania.
00:27Such inferior ammunition that it couldn't even penetrate an ordinary iron door.
00:34He immediately recommended stricter protocols and retesting the M2 tank with Soviet-manufactured
00:39rockets.
00:43The tank hull was instantly blown open with a large hole, but there was no explosion.
00:47John inspected and found the fuel tank contained not gasoline, but water.
00:51Even more shocking, the gunpowder in the shells had been mixed with large amounts of sand.
00:54When John wasn't looking, they removed the test dummies destroyed during testing from the scene.
00:58By the time John noticed, it was too late.
01:00With the tests repeatedly sabotaged, John was furious.
01:03He paid out of his own pocket to buy a flock of sheep.
01:06He drove the sheep into the tank to conduct gas testing on the M2.
01:12But the moment a soldier opened the hatch, he was knocked down on the spot by toxic gas inside the
01:17cabin.
01:17The sheep inside were all dead, of course.
01:19Then the same trick played out again.
01:21By the time John realized it, the sheep had already been hauled away.
01:23Clearly, this wasn't the first time test results had been falsified.
01:27There was obviously support from high-ranking military officials behind it.
01:30John immediately went to see General Partridge, the top official responsible for the project.
01:34On a live-fire test of the Bradley under combat conditions, there's simply no other way.
01:37Why don't you listen to me, you fucking fly boy, you don't know jack shit about combat.
01:40Don't you preach to me, you son of a bitch.
01:42I want a realistic test.
01:43The number one priority is to get those people first, vehicles second.
01:47Facing those in power, John didn't back down.
01:49He insisted on testing the M2 tank under real combat conditions.
01:53But what he didn't expect was that the next day, his direct superior told him he'd been fired
01:57from the military.
01:58With nowhere to turn, Burton was determined to expose this military cover-up completely.
02:02Line five is the House Armed Services Committee.
02:04The House Armed Services Committee.
02:06What do they want?
02:07Finally, Congress held a hearing on the matter.
02:09General,I think it's time the American public gets the live-fire test that Colonel Burton wants.
02:19The next day, under everyone's watchful eyes, the tank was tested again.
02:23Fire!
02:26This time, all pretenses were torn away, and the truth was laid bare.
02:30What awaited General Partridge would be legal sanctions and a cold prison cell.
02:33High up?
