scrapironflotilla:qsy-complains-a-lot:French Trench Cleaners c.1915Picture of three French soldiers
scrapironflotilla:qsy-complains-a-lot:French Trench Cleaners c.1915Picture of three French soldiers equipped for trench warfare, using metal skullcaps, body armor, a 1886 Lebel rifle, a MAS 1873 revolver and what appears to be a vast collection of captured German impact stick grenades.Notice the use of tactical moustaches, a staple of European powers.And the British version…Royal Fusiliers trench raiders, who look pretty cool, specially dual wielding Willy in the black shirt there, but then we have what they look like when they actually go outA raiding party of the 1/8th (Irish) King’s Liverpool Regiment, 55th Division, at Wailly, France. This photograph was taken the morning after the division’s first major night raid on German trenches, 17-18 April 1916.Not quite so glamorous. -- source link