User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 3:09:32 PM EDT
[#1]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Whamo: Rat Hunter and His Dog Show off Collection of Killed Trench Rats (1916) https://external-preview.redd.it/bYoPzh9QZ86jtv7NljF6x9N793B3v3t_T07uC_2U6BQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=2b918ee6a358f6b6aa57628a81ecb1081e745245 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 3:33:16 PM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MMcfpd: I've read recently that an unexpected benefit of the gas attacks was a brief absence of the rodent population in the trenches. Unless you were at Osowiec, then they probably came back to life too... |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 9:10:57 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stoner01: Unless you were at Osowiec, then they probably came back to life too... |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 9:50:48 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MMcfpd: Backstory? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MMcfpd: Originally Posted By stoner01: Unless you were at Osowiec, then they probably came back to life too... This And specifically this |
|
|
|
ME, USA
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 9:55:57 PM EDT
[#5]
Were grenades far more common in WWI than other conflicts?
I am Air Force so I have no idea about infantry tactics but it seems that in a lot of these photos the ground pounders are carrying and throwing tons of grenades. I suppose if it was super close range then grenades would make a lot of sense. I am just curious as I have never seen so many grenades before, they appear to be everywhere. This is an AWESOME thread and I don't know how I have missed it for so long! |
|
|
|
Posted: 12/13/2023 11:39:18 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PJF: Were grenades far more common in WWI than other conflicts? I am Air Force so I have no idea about infantry tactics but it seems that in a lot of these photos the ground pounders are carrying and throwing tons of grenades. I suppose if it was super close range then grenades would make a lot of sense. I am just curious as I have never seen so many grenades before, they appear to be everywhere. This is an AWESOME thread and I don't know how I have missed it for so long! Grenades were doled out liberally. I remember reading about Foreign Legion troops going through an average of two dozen grenades per day. I don't know what the specifics of that statistic were, though. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 12/14/2023 9:14:01 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By stoner01: Originally Posted By MMcfpd: Originally Posted By stoner01: Unless you were at Osowiec, then they probably came back to life too... This And specifically this |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/7/2024 8:32:26 PM EDT
[#8]
 The Paris Gun, The Largest Gun Of The Great War |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/8/2024 9:56:25 AM EDT
[#9]
Some more photos from period books sent to me by RobertL.
 Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached FileSpringfield armory picture...2000 men were turning out more than a thousand rifles a day. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/9/2024 5:32:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
[#10]
USMC rifle range, Winthrop Maryland, 1917, Commandant of the Marine Corps Major General George Barnett firing an M1895 Potato Digger, flanked by Lewis Gun and prototype BAR
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileAssistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes do with a Springfield M1903, BAR's behind him  Attached File |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/9/2024 6:33:42 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: USMC rifle range, Winthrop Maryland, 1917, Commandant of the Marine Corps Major General George Barnett firing an M1895 Potato Digger, flanked by Lewis Gun and prototype BAR https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_1_jpg-3088169.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_2_jpg-3088176.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_3_jpg-3088178.JPG Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes do with a Springfield M1903, BAR's behind him https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/A-SecNav_FDR_Spring_m1903_USMC_range_Win-3088101.JPG It is interesting to see the Navy guys wearing whites, blues and dungarees. Love that they were wearing their white hats Gilligan style. No beards is interesting too. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/9/2024 8:00:00 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: USMC rifle range, Winthrop Maryland, 1917, Commandant of the Marine Corps Major General George Barnett firing an M1895 Potato Digger, flanked by Lewis Gun and prototype BAR https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_1_jpg-3088169.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_2_jpg-3088176.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_3_jpg-3088178.JPG Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes do with a Springfield M1903, BAR's behind him https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/A-SecNav_FDR_Spring_m1903_USMC_range_Win-3088101.JPG Those are Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Merciés, not BARs. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/9/2024 8:23:31 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: USMC rifle range, Winthrop Maryland, 1917, Commandant of the Marine Corps Major General George Barnett firing an M1895 Potato Digger, flanked by Lewis Gun and prototype BAR https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_1_jpg-3088169.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_2_jpg-3088176.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_3_jpg-3088178.JPG Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes do with a Springfield M1903, BAR's behind him https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/A-SecNav_FDR_Spring_m1903_USMC_range_Win-3088101.JPG |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/10/2024 10:45:27 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lew: Those are Hotchkiss M1909 Ben t Merci s, not BARs. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lew: Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: USMC rifle range, Winthrop Maryland, 1917, Commandant of the Marine Corps Major General George Barnett firing an M1895 Potato Digger, flanked by Lewis Gun and prototype BAR https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_1_jpg-3088169.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_2_jpg-3088176.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/Winthrop_range_3_jpg-3088178.JPG Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt makes do with a Springfield M1903, BAR's behind him https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/A-SecNav_FDR_Spring_m1903_USMC_range_Win-3088101.JPG Those are Hotchkiss M1909 Ben t Merci s, not BARs. "The U.S. M1909 machine guns were made by Springfield Armory and by Colt's Manufacturing Company. Total production for the United States was 670." Also found while researching the Winthrop range: "Women are flocking to the range at Winthrop, Maryland, all eagerness to learn how to shoot. The photograph shows two members of the fair sex operating a machine gun. The range at Winthrop is the only free range in the country. Women and men are going there to get instruction in the use of the rifle and other arms - May 22 1916"  Attached FileWinthrop firing line, 1917  Attached File Attached File |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/10/2024 11:11:22 AM EDT
[#15]
Library of Congress digital collection comes through - Roosevelt receives instruction in shooting the M1903 prone and slung up, M1909 resting in foreground. Look at that swamp behind the line, ugh. The stout guy shooting with Roosevelt in the other photo was Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane
 Attached File |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/14/2024 8:21:20 AM EDT
[#16]
 German Eighth Army crossing the Dvina River on September 1, 1917 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 1/14/2024 7:30:18 PM EDT
[#17]
 Cavalry Of The Clouds. WW1 Pilots Documentary 1987 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 2/12/2024 1:24:32 PM EDT
[#18]
From Reddit. Kanye West was a Russian Officer
 
|
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 2/26/2024 1:32:48 PM EDT
[#19]
 Tudor-Hart’s ‘dazzle’ camouflage pattern tested on a British Mark IV tank, 1917. |
|
|
|
Posted: 3/9/2024 4:35:15 PM EDT
[#20]
 45 RARE Color Photos of World War You Must See |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 3/30/2024 5:31:35 PM EDT
[#21]
Going through my parents’ old stuff and found a box of some medals from my grandfather who fought in France.
 Attached File |
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 4/3/2024 3:11:49 PM EDT
[#22]
  Faà di Bruno |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/3/2024 4:29:30 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PJF: Were grenades far more common in WWI than other conflicts? I am Air Force so I have no idea about infantry tactics but it seems that in a lot of these photos the ground pounders are carrying and throwing tons of grenades. I suppose if it was super close range then grenades would make a lot of sense. I am just curious as I have never seen so many grenades before, they appear to be everywhere. This is an AWESOME thread and I don't know how I have missed it for so long! Yep, grenades were everywhere and used quite liberally. One good example is in trench clearing.. Trenches zig-zagged so you couldn't flank and fire down the length. You'd get a party of men into the enemy trench and every turn in the trench would have a grenade tossed around it, then riflemen with bayonets would charge into the explosion and finish off survivors. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/3/2024 5:18:55 PM EDT
[#24]
This thread delivers: a submarine with a 12 inch gun, a guy riding a zebra, a captured helmet with stamps on it being mailed home, and some incredible pictures offering perspectives on the Great War!
|
|
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 4/5/2024 11:08:35 AM EDT
[#25]
The first combat-ready Sturmpanzerwagen A7V No. 501 "Gretchen" plodding along at a sedate pace
Video. I always had the impression the A7V tanks were barely able to move under their own power. |
|
|
USA
|
Posted: 4/6/2024 9:40:46 AM EDT
[#26]
 The Italian Auxiliary Monitor Monte Sabotino. The ship was armed with a single 15" gun that fired a 1,949-pound shell to a range of 21,000 yards. |
|
|
|
Posted: 5/8/2024 10:17:46 AM EDT
[#27]
 A huge wild boar, Galacia December 1916. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 5/8/2024 10:26:00 AM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/86O8nrd.jpeg The Italian Auxiliary Monitor Monte Sabotino. The ship was armed with a single 15" gun that fired a 1,949-pound shell to a range of 21,000 yards. I wonder how far that gun propelled the ship each time it fired.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 6/2/2024 4:45:03 PM EDT
[#29]
 Could You Survive Life On The Front Line In WW1? |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 6/3/2024 11:59:04 AM EDT
[#30]
 WW1 HD Colorization — Zeppelin Crashes in France, 1917 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 6/10/2024 12:54:18 PM EDT
[#31]
Interviews with WWI vets. Just started listening to it. Might be all British vets. Good so far.
 1914: How Did Soldiers React To The True Horrors Of WW1? | The Last Voices Of World War One |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/8/2024 6:23:55 PM EDT
[#32]
 Attached FileAerial photograph of a British gas attack from Carnoy to Montauban, shortly before the Somme offensive. Late June, 1916. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/19/2024 1:16:08 PM EDT
[#33]
bump
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/25/2024 3:12:36 PM EDT
[#34]
332nd infantry regiment in Italy
 WW 1: 332nd Infantry Regiment Actual Footage in Italy, Why Did Austro-Hungary Side w/ Germany? #ww1 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/27/2024 9:41:46 PM EDT
[#35]
Does anyone know what this is ?
My sister mailed it to me From my Mothers side of the family He served in WWI  Attached File |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/28/2024 11:30:46 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt653: Does anyone know what this is ? My sister mailed it to me From my Mothers side of the family He served in WWI https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2275/IMG_2366_jpeg-3278831.JPG It's a basic ID bracelet. A lot of people wore them to augment their dogtags. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/29/2024 9:43:44 PM EDT
[#37]
After being disfigured during WWI, many soldiers thought they would be outcasts forever. Then, they were given new life by Anna Coleman Ladd, a sculptor who created lifelike porcelain masks for veterans that recreated facial features and hair.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 7/29/2024 10:20:46 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By piccolo: It's a basic ID bracelet. A lot of people wore them to augment their dogtags. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By piccolo: Originally Posted By Colt653: Does anyone know what this is ? My sister mailed it to me From my Mothers side of the family He served in WWI https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2275/IMG_2366_jpeg-3278831.JPG It's a basic ID bracelet. A lot of people wore them to augment their dogtags. I have something similar that my Grandfather wore in WWI. He was a Naval Officer. Not sure if they were issued dog tags. I also have an ID bracelet worn by my mother who was a school girl in Cambridge, Mass during WWII. There was real fear that the Germans would bomb Boston during the WW2. |
|
|
|
TX, USA
|
Posted: 7/29/2024 10:41:38 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WinstonSmith: Yep, grenades were everywhere and used quite liberally. One good example is in trench clearing.. Trenches zig-zagged so you couldn't flank and fire down the length. You'd get a party of men into the enemy trench and every turn in the trench would have a grenade tossed around it, then riflemen with bayonets would charge into the explosion and finish off survivors. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WinstonSmith: Originally Posted By PJF: Were grenades far more common in WWI than other conflicts? I am Air Force so I have no idea about infantry tactics but it seems that in a lot of these photos the ground pounders are carrying and throwing tons of grenades. I suppose if it was super close range then grenades would make a lot of sense. I am just curious as I have never seen so many grenades before, they appear to be everywhere. This is an AWESOME thread and I don't know how I have missed it for so long! Yep, grenades were everywhere and used quite liberally. One good example is in trench clearing.. Trenches zig-zagged so you couldn't flank and fire down the length. You'd get a party of men into the enemy trench and every turn in the trench would have a grenade tossed around it, then riflemen with bayonets would charge into the explosion and finish off survivors. Grenades had been mostly ignored before WW1, despite both sides using them in the Russo-Japanese War. Even the Germans, who had a reasonable modern grenade in inventory, had only a handful. By 1916, battalions in active combat would go through several thousand a day, and they were considered far more important than rifle ammo for resupply. Not surprisingly at all, the US armed forces underestimated the demand for grenades in WW2, Korea, Vietnam and GWoT and had to ramp up production in a hurry once ground combat began and existing stocks were used up as fast as they could be issued. I'm sure everyone has learned their lesson and it won't happen again. |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/9/2024 10:33:41 AM EDT
[#40]
To the top
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/13/2024 10:19:21 AM EDT
[#41]
As a Krag fan, liked to see them being used, if only for training.
 When people tell stories about how 'no one messed with that doughboy after they came home'. I think the pic below is pretty telling. I don't know what the stats were on firearms-era hand-to-hand pre and post-WWI but I'd wager troops saw more of it during The Great War given the nature of trench warfare.  |
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
