NOTE: some sources said that this was taken at the eastern front of the war (russia) and not france.
Thatsthebadger
What was the point of the spike on the helmets ?
WalkingOnThickIce
No wonder all the old surplus Mausers are rusty.
thatsideaccount1
It’s insane how WW1 went from dealing with sword blows, to mustard and chlorine gas, machine guns, tanks, planes.
Truly a war that had aspects of napoleonic wars (thousands dying over days / weeks / months. Then became a butchers field where new inventions to slaughter thousands in minutes got created
![German soldiers sleeping in snowy trenches as two guards stand with their rifles poised, near the Aisne River valley, France, 1914. [4078 × 2554]](https://i.redd.it/jojl2wjwsf061.jpg)
PeJae
NOTE: some sources said that this was taken at the eastern front of the war (russia) and not france.
Thatsthebadger
What was the point of the spike on the helmets ?
WalkingOnThickIce
No wonder all the old surplus Mausers are rusty.
thatsideaccount1
It’s insane how WW1 went from dealing with sword blows, to mustard and chlorine gas, machine guns, tanks, planes.
Truly a war that had aspects of napoleonic wars (thousands dying over days / weeks / months. Then became a butchers field where new inventions to slaughter thousands in minutes got created