Season two of the Smithsonian Channel’s original series “The Weapon Hunter,” which resumes at 9 pm Eastern on Sunday, Feb. 19 and runs through the following five Sundays, shines a light on true American heroes as series host, history buff and restoration expert Paul Shull partners with veterans to spotlight iconic moments and artefacts in military history.
Shull returns on his quest to get his hands on some of the world’s rarest and most remarkable pieces of military history. The series resumes on Feb. 19 with Vietnam Road Warrior, as takes Shull to rural Tennessee, where he meets Sammy Seay, a Vietnam veteran who is rebuilding a rare vehicle from the Vietnam War known as a Gun Truck.
In other episodes of “The Weapon Hunter,” airing on succeeding Sundays at 9 p.m. Eastern, Shull will be looking for the final missing piece of a World War II B-25 bomber, which is being restored by the United States Commemorative Air Force.
The program that premiers on Feb. 26 will feature Shull’s attempts to rebuild a 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon.
In the March 5, Shull sets out to fix and fire the fastest gun ever built: the Minigun – a rotating six-barrel monster that can fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute with the help of Vietnam helicopter pilot Fred Behrens.
On the March 12 show Shull intends to reconstruct the entire experience of D-Day from the point of view of a GI on the front lines.
And in the March 19 season finale, Paul rebuilds a one-of-a-kind World War II machinegun, the Stinger
