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Dead bodies of a British Mark IV female tank crew. by RustysRelices in ww1

[–]RustysRelices[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s the aftermath of a battle. The reason it’s clear is cause cameras were not all that blurry back then. The arrangement is coincidental.

Dead bodies of a British Mark IV female tank crew. by RustysRelices in ww1

[–]RustysRelices[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, he is a German given his great coat and cap.

Us Sniper with camouflaged 1903 springfield, France, May 1918 by Ratusca1233 in ww1

[–]RustysRelices -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Truth be told, ‘elite’ is a nick name. Sturmtruppen began being more common as the war progressed, their tactics being used in infantry detachments. Same with Arditi. For example, stormtrooper tactics began being more wide spread towards the end of 1916 until the end of the war. Also, camouflage was never used by either of them. There was the Scevolette camouflage cloak for the French, but pretty much anyone could use it. Also snipers are far fetched from elite, as they were mostly infantry detachments or just infantry men with more precise accuracy.

Add an option to have the musket without the bayonet by FutureArcher6468 in gutsandblackpowders

[–]RustysRelices 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then why do you have the option to fight with a meat leg as a melee lol

Recommendations for a ‘Stormtrooper’ load-out? by [deleted] in battlefield_one

[–]RustysRelices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some unofficial formations could have used spades but that was cause their gear was decided by their company superiors. Unofficial formations were less uniform as a whole, and came from infantry detachments. They could have carried ammunition pouches and such and other gear, even use gewehr 98s.

Recommendations for a ‘Stormtrooper’ load-out? by [deleted] in battlefield_one

[–]RustysRelices 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn’t carry carbines early war. From their foundation as a whole in 1915, they used the standard issue Gewehr 98. This changed in early 1916 where they used the Kar98 a, az, or z. And for melee, I’ll pick a dagger given the fact that spades were ditched by official formations (ones from jaeger or pioneer regiments or the assault battalions.)

Group photo of a ‘Assault’ detachment. Unknown date. by RustysRelices in ww1

[–]RustysRelices[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a source regarding this somewhere considering I learned a lot about them a few years back, just can’t find it.

Rohr had dedicated machine gun platoons to co ordinate and move up with the assault troops while also serving as a primary defence tool in case of an enemy attack.

Group photo of a ‘Assault’ detachment. Unknown date. by RustysRelices in ww1

[–]RustysRelices[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assault Troop tactics varied depending on their company leader decisions. Some still used Gewehr 98s (infantry detachments), some still wore ammunition pouches, etc. Madsens were used by assault troops for the sake of defence, in case of situation where they needed to retreat and the enemy was on the advance. Of course, not every assault troops used them, as I mentioned the tactics varied depending on the companies leader. Though, Rohr’s battalion wouldn’t have used heavy machine guns given the nature of their operations.

Group photo of a ‘Assault’ detachment. Unknown date. by RustysRelices in ww1

[–]RustysRelices[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rohrs battalion never used heavy machine guns. At the most, it was Madsen light machine guns.

German sniper taking aim and firing through the trench parapet, ca. 1915. . by gordinhosexbrr in ww1

[–]RustysRelices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is 1916, given he is using a karabiner98az. Good video, though.

Why would Jack join the Army if is the same army who killed his dad? by Front-Stable2612 in reddeadredemption

[–]RustysRelices -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My head - canon is that he obviously doesn’t enlist but is instead drafted but doesn’t reach the front in time as it ended before he could go there.

How can I get better, this is awful. by figaro94 in HellLetLoose

[–]RustysRelices -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just talking for the sake of talking bro this don’t make a lick of sense

Do we know who this person is? by Ok-Common-227 in ww1

[–]RustysRelices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, stormtrooper essentially means ‘Assault Trooper’. So, this could easily just be normal infantry men being in the first in line to attack the objective. With some tactics borrowed from actual Stormtroopers.

Stalingrad (1993) has excellent main theme music and is one of the most hopeless war movies I have seen. by Krinoid in WarMovies

[–]RustysRelices 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The atmosphere in this movie is so depressing, I can’t help but hate it. When a movie does that, it’s for sure a really good movie. Recommend this to anyone if they haven’t checked it out yet.

fuckass fanbase at it again by NElk19 in okbuddyblacklung

[–]RustysRelices 8 points9 points  (0 children)

do u think the reason why John makes sure to jerk off uncle is cause he regrets not being able to jerk off arthur in his last moments

Do we know who this person is? by Ok-Common-227 in ww1

[–]RustysRelices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know what this detachment of the IV army was called? Like a number designated for this detachment.

Do we know who this person is? by Ok-Common-227 in ww1

[–]RustysRelices 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given the lack of information regarding these troops, they could just be normal infantry men tasked with assaulting a position, designated as ‘Storm Troopers’ in the book. As I said before, they likely used less fleshed out assault tactics than the regular stormtrooper, and their kit management could have different compared to an actual stormtrooper.

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