American Heroes Channel TV Guide

John D. Rockefeller, the King of Kerosene, and Thomas A. Scott, the power behind the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., battle to control the emerging oil industry.

In the late 1800s, an emerging electrical industry begins to take shape, as the two greatest intellects of the day take opposing views on how to provide power.

In the late 1890s, famed publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst challenges the undisputed king of newspaper publishing Joseph Pulitzer in a high-stakes war.

Two men battle for the mining rights to valuable copper ore in 1880's Montana, with the winner laying claim to millions and control of the entire state.

John D. Rockefeller, the King of Kerosene, and Thomas A. Scott, the power behind the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., battle to control the emerging oil industry.

Federal troops, following the important win at Antietam, clash with a massive Rebel army in what became the largest battle of the Civil War.

In July 1863, an exclusive group of Yankee sharpshooters are tasked with halting Gen. Robert E. Lee's Alabamian shock troops from flanking the Union line.

Military evolution for the Taser; Earth's smartest baton round; a device that can bring a vehicle to a halt by using high-tech net capturing suicide bombers.

Mack learns about a multi-caliber combat machine, naval gun, close quarter weapon and a device that can stop bomb and gun smugglers on passenger planes.

From the rapid-fire cannon being used heavily by the United States military, to a personal weapon of defense, FutureWeapons tackles all forms of guns.

In Ohio, Richard "Mack" Machowicz checks out an armored vehicle, various ways to defend against guns, rockets and improvised explosive devices, and more.

Inflatable armor; shoulder-fired grenades; A10 Thunderbolt ground-attack plane; an assault rifle round that can remain at supersonic speeds up to 1,200 yards.

In California, Mack receives an informative lesson regarding a revolutionary unmanned bomber with the ability to take off and land atop aircraft carriers.

The program examines the storied history of the bomber from throwing explosives out of the cockpit to laser-guided bunker busters.

The history of fighter planes; starting with the earliest examples, this episode explores the advances that make them the strongest weapons in modern warfare.

The history of traps, which demoralize the enemy by making the safe unsafe; the show traces their ancestry and displays the technology behind today's devices.

This episode focuses on hand-carried weapons; it discusses the varieties of hand and rocket-propelled grenades available to the modern soldier.

Fire's history as a weapon, from the times of the ancient Greek navies through the bombs of World War II and the Vietnam War and today's thermobaric bombs.