PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918lemmy.worldimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down10
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageImperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoA horse, a lance, and a gas mask? WW1 was crazy!
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.socialMlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareSalamendacious@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoIt’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.
A horse, a lance, and a gas mask? WW1 was crazy!
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.
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.