lovdog
01-10-06, 10:34 PM
I was reading an book or article awhile back about the Soldiers of WWI. That war was one nasty way of fighting. I thought that the trench warfare was just fought with the Army forces, and it was for quite a while.
They imported some Marines to fight with the Army because Marines at that time had superior training in marksmanship. It had said that Marines,even with the, I believe they used the Enfield, could hit a German at 800 yards.
They were picking them off right & left. The Germans finally found a way to get around this sniping effect and started using a 1" steel plate that they would push ahead of them to keep from getting "picked off" at a long range.
Although this prevented them from getting shot, it slowed their attacks to a snails pace. Bet the Army was glad they showed up!!!
Still, the Marines had taken quite a toll on the Germans by that time.
Man, I wish some of those old timers could come back for a day or so & put a story of two on this Website!! That would be something!!
They imported some Marines to fight with the Army because Marines at that time had superior training in marksmanship. It had said that Marines,even with the, I believe they used the Enfield, could hit a German at 800 yards.
They were picking them off right & left. The Germans finally found a way to get around this sniping effect and started using a 1" steel plate that they would push ahead of them to keep from getting "picked off" at a long range.
Although this prevented them from getting shot, it slowed their attacks to a snails pace. Bet the Army was glad they showed up!!!
Still, the Marines had taken quite a toll on the Germans by that time.
Man, I wish some of those old timers could come back for a day or so & put a story of two on this Website!! That would be something!!