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AlexVanArsdale [2019-05-06 14:51:33 +0000 UTC]

They do not look happy.

I like the little sad green guy.

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Cherndog [2018-06-23 11:16:25 +0000 UTC]

"I didn't sign up for this..."
"If the politicians were the ones doing the dying, we'd be even."
"Do I get a new hand so I can continue making clocks when the war's over?"
"My rifle is the only companion who hasn't died yet..."

War is a miserable business. It's worse when the people at the top refuse to believe the truth about how NOT to fight a war. Everyone was equally miserable during the Great War. It's just that the German soldiers managed to adapt a little faster than their French and British counterparts tactically.

If I'm not mistaken, German flamethrower troops began using captured Chauchat machine rifles rechambered for 8x57 IS for convenience's sake because the German logistics branch refused to give them Madsen light machine guns (which were horrendously expensive and had to be imported from Denmark). And most other units managed to capture British Lewis guns from downed airplanes, refusing to lend them to the flamethrower guys. So WHY would the flamethrower troopers need machine guns? The early flamethrowers had a pretty short range and the guys carrying the devices needed suppressing fire. LOTS of suppressing fire. Bolt-action rifles were out of the question as the flamethrowers wound up operating almost on top of enemy trenches. What better means of keeping your enemy from firing back than to use a captured Chauchat on him so he can't pop up and shoot the flamethrower operators?

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GermanWolffy [2018-06-22 22:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Für die Kaiser!

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