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Japanese soldiers in the caves
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A U.S. Marines 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-tank gun fires against Japanese cave positions in the north face of Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima, western Pacific Ocean; February, 1945.
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Probably not the ideal weapon for use against infantry. I assume they're using HE which couldn't have been any more effective than a grenade, if not less. Though it would be interesting to know if they may have fired APC in order to cause deflections ...
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In Mali we use to fire APC rounds in caves and against rocks to kill ISIS soldiers with rock schrapnels, it doning the job well.