Someone once told me you could replace all the rifles the soldiers

>>33496443
no

>>33496443
No, that's fucking retarded, the whole reason WW1 was such a fucking shitshow is because technology significantly outpaced tactics.

>>33496443
THE WORLD WAS GOING TO ROLL ME

that's just stupid

>>33496443
While it's true that small arms accounted for less casualties than artillery, machine guns, and disease; taking it to that extreme is pretty fucking stupid.

>>33496443
yes. Because ultimately most of WW1 was defined by its tactics or lack thereof

Well, marching into machine gun fire with a spear would have a similar effect to doing it with a rifle so I see where they are coming from. Realistically most casualties were Artillery, it's more the ability to industrialise the logistics (tinned food) to keep an army fed in the field of that size that lead to the casualty figures being so large.

>>33496470
>I just spout memes and know nothing about the war.
Read a book you fucking retard this isn't true at all

>>33496463
I AINT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE TRENCH

>>33496538

HE WAS LOOKING KINDA DUMB WITH NO FINGERS BUT HIS THUMB AND A BIG GAPING HOLE IN HIS FOREHEAD

Well, no, but not much would have changed.

you fuckers are hilarious sometimes

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That's full retard, and no the whole of WW1 was the Western Front. Fucking hell.

>>33496596
>finally finish forced march up mountain, lungs and legs burning, fingers raw from grabbing jagged snow covered rocks
>Get shelled from other side of the range because the enemy carried a 5pdr up the hill in 40 pieces

>>33496443

Was his primary education on the subject battlefield 1?

>>33496562

WELL

THE HUNS START COMIN' AND THEY DON'T STOP COMIN'

>>33497704
OVER THE TOP AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

>>33497715

DIDN'T MAKE SENSE NOT TO KILL FOR FUN

>>33497729
SO MUCH TO SHOOT, SO MUCH TO KILL, SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH FUCKING THE HOOKERS

>>33497729

THE BAYONETS SHARP BUT THE OFFICERS DUMB

>>33497819

dont skip lines, ya dingo

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put me in the cap

>>33497896

RIMMED CARTRIDGES DONT WANNA FEED;

SMLE NUMBER ONE MARK THREE

HEY NOW

CHORINATED GAS

PUT YOUR MASK ON

DONT BREEEATHEEE

>>33496443
I assume their point was that the vast majority of casualties where from indirect support fire and most of all Artillery. It's a bit of a hyperbolic way of putting it but yes the casualty rate would probably be fairly negligibly different.

>>33498382
put me in the screencap

>>33497896
My apologies, I'm to lazy to google the lyrics

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>>33498382

>>33496443
Its a bit too dramatic of a statement but I understand what they meant. All Quiet On the Western Front and Storm of Steel both talk about going on trench raids and leaving the rifle behind. They'd take just their shovel and a shit ton of grenades. Remarque also talks about how bayonets get stuck in guys if you don't go for the belly. Sorta makes sense considering the need for indirect fire.

In the Starship Troopers book, Heinlein envisioned future warriors just carrying grenades and not having any guns.

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>>33498579
>Heinlein envisioned future warriors just carrying grenades and not having any guns
Wait, did he really write that in? I've never read the book, but did they really only use grenades?

>>33498382

HEY NOW

INNA TRENCH NOW

GET YA CLUBS OUT

GO SLAAAAAAAY


AAAAALLLLLL THAT GLITTERS IS FLARES

SEVERAL MILLIONS DEAD, NO-ONE CAAAAREEES

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>>33496463
Put me in the screen cap

>>33498983
From what I remember, grenades also include RPGs.

>>33498983
Handheld flamethrowers, grenades, and mini nukes. Just no conventional directfire ballistic weapons.