“Nein! That is horrible! You shouldn’t be allowed to use that weapon!”
gasses the fuck outta the front lines and then sets a flame thrower on the survivors
Oh boy!
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OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Maiq@piefed.zip 1 day ago
Was unaware of what a trench gun was so I had to watch this short but informative documentary on it.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 hours ago
I also didn’t know about it. Here is some Wikipedia for anyone interested
Unlike most modern pump-action shotguns, the Winchester Model 1897 (versions of which were type classified as the Model 97 or M97 for short) fired each time the action closed with the trigger depressed (that is, it lacks a trigger disconnector). Coupled with its five-shot capacity, this characteristic allowed troops to fire the whole magazine with great speed by simply keeping the trigger held and running the action as quickly as possible, known as “slam-firing”. This made it extremely effective in close combat, such that troops referred to it as the “trench-sweeper” or “trench broom”. Shortly before the end of the war, the German government protested the use of shotguns in combat, claiming it to cause unnecessary suffering.[23][24] The Model 1897 was used again in World War II by the United States Army and Marine Corps, where it was used alongside the similarly militarized version of the hammerless Model 1912.[25] Some were still in service during the Korean War[26] and the Vietnam War.[27]
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
Shortly before the end of the war, the German government protested the use of shotguns in combat, claiming it to cause unnecessary suffering
Also germany: invents assault rifle
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 22 hours ago
When you absolutely need every last motherfucker in front of you ended, accept no substitutes.
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Short? 40 minutes long, when most of the information was already said in the first 20 minutes.
Interesting subject matter but such stretching of the script is very slop-like
Maiq@piefed.zip 1 day ago
As far as length most of the documentary’s I watch are 3+ hours long. Could be right, he was very repetitive. He also sounded pretty natural but maybe that’s where they are now.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That video says it takes 4.5 seconds to shoot 6 rounds
I don’t think the auto fire gets you more than a second and a half, if that, over a standard pump
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Rather than make the rate of fire as fast as possible, I wonder if it was based on the time a person typically takes to collapse after getting hit, exposing the next guy just in time for the next shot. Nailing that timing would give the best results with the least ammo and require the least skill to use. You could point the thing, duck behind cover and hold the trigger.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Dont you know cruel trench guns are! The Kaiser says you cant use those! Its a war crime! But here, hold my mustard gas
iocase@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
And then my fellow Canadians were even more enthusaistic than the Germans or the French in using gas… same with night raiding and sapping. The pioneer spirit makes for some batshit crazy nasty combat. It’s wjere the whole Canadian Geneva checklist jokes come from.
Taleya@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
When canadiana go bad, they don’t half arse it.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah I know, our history in ww1 and ww2 were pretty insane.
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago T00l_shed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Je suis curieux ce que l’image est supposer de montrer
ranslite@pie.dasneuland.de 1 day ago Guten Tag
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Really? How do we know he wasn’t just havin’ a laugh?