That poor horse. Can only imagine the terror. And better hope it doesn't lift it head all the way up...
this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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The horror of carrying a Maxim gun? It was a heavy gun but not too heavy to be carried by a horse.
Imagine being an animal not knowing what is going on and a ear damaging loud noise occurs repeatedly from the heavy metal machine on your back.
I'd freak the fuck out.
Oh, I get it. You think the gun was mounted on the horse for whatever reason.
Rest assured, Maxim guns usually needed a small team to be operated properly. I highly doubt anyone was stupid enough to try and fire a Maxim gun from a horse.
But the thing is nearly 30kg heavy, so loading it on a horse to move it around is what you'd would do if you had the option.
Ah. Yup that was it. In hindsight makes sense they were just showing off what the captured - not how they planned to use it.
And now that it's not really what happened I am enjoying the idea of a fictional version of a drive by on one of those.
do we have a shitty technicals community here?
Be the shitty technical you want to see in the ~~world~~ fediverse?
Interesting, I didn't know they had cloth wrappers for their Pickelhauben. Is/was that a common thing, to have cloth wrappers for helmets?
Edit: I did the tiniest bit more research and stumbled over what might be the reason, translated from this source:
During WW1, the Pickelhaube became useless. The metal reflected sunlight, meaning the soldiers couldn't camouflage. The spike would often stick out of trenches, making them easier to spot.
As a result, a new helmet model was then introduced in 1916, but I guess, they had to get creative until those were ready...