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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918

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Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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  • Salamendacious@lemmy.world
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    A horse, a lance, and a gas mask? WW1 was crazy!

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      The lance is actually interesting too - it’s not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It’s all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.

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        It’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.

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    Can you imagine if they gave the horse a gas mask too? Would be even cooler

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      There are definitely WW1 horse gas masks out there, I’ll see if I can dig a good one up.

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        Your commitment to archeology is truly inspiring!

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          I have a theoretical degree in internet archeology o7

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        You never linked it to them after you found it!

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