Why were Krauts in WW1 absolutely disgusted by the American use

They were assblasted because they were absolutely devastating weapons in the trenches. A lot of German accounts claim that the Americans and Australians were more formidable than the British or French.

>>2686380
They weren't, it is another popular American WW1 myth, like Teufelshunden or that they played a significant role in WW1.

Because the Americans had an advantage in shotguns and the Germans had an advantage in gas.

>>2686380
Because it was effective at killing them.

>>2686380
What kinds of shotguns they used? Breech loaders?

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>>2686411
Americans used the M97

>>2686411
It was pump action called the trench gun.

>>2686380
>Krauts in WW1 absolutely disgusted by the American use of shotguns

[Citation needed]

>>2686455
They argued it caused unessecary suffering and went to The Hague Convention and they told the Germans to fuck off. They then declared that Americans captured with Trench guns would be executed, to which John Pershing replied that all German shoulders with flame throwers or sawtooth bayonets would be executed.

>>2686380
>Krauts in WW1 absolutely disgusted by the American use of shotguns
Me too, DICE nerf

>>2686380
The gruesomeness of gas in WW1 is overrated. Gas was far less deadly than conventional artillery and it was far less likely to leave people permanently maimed. It has a much worse reputation than it deserves.

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>>2686380

Pussi ass white bois were afraid of Uncle Sam sticking a dick in their mouths.

The Germans were collectively shitting their trousers when a shotty was heard in the not so distant.

>>2686389
>A lot of German accounts claim that the Americans and Australians were more formidable than the British or French.
>[citation needed]

>>2686535
Modern views on WW1 gas attacks probably has to do with disconnect with the power of said gases. They've basically never been used after WW1 so people only know about them from TV and movies.

>>2686578
And Iran-Iraq, but that war was bizarrely similar to WWI.

>>2686545
If you look at the one pic of all the Great power soldiers, everyone but the Anglo and the Burger are manlets

>>2686380
It's probably just a meme.

>>2686535
>it was far less likely to leave people permanently maimed
How exactly is inhaling corrosive chemicals less likely to leave people permanently maimed?

>On 27 September 1918, Sergeant Fred Lloyd, using a Model 97, advanced alone into a German-held village and began methodically clearing it, pumping and firing the shotgun as he moved. He finally collapsed with exhaustion after routing thirty German soldiers.

Bullets that expand, fragment or explode inside the body were prohibited by the Hague international convention of 1899. Buckshot produces even bigger wound cavities than a single expanding bullet. It doesn't merely incapacitate like conventional military bullets : it kills, most of the time. Maybe this is why the Germans were against it.

>>2686411
Fun fact, some British and French units would hold skeet shooting contests using double barrel shotguns, and the winners would use them to shoot down grenades that were thrown into the trenches

>>2687140
If you've inhaled enough gas to be permanently maimed you're most likely gonna die shortly thereafter.

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>>2687320

That sounds like bullshit but I believe it because it sounds cool.