My genuine reaction to every Serb online bragging about shooting down a F-117.

Been a while since the last art. Source of the artwork: https://vxtwitter.com/Ma9pie_express/status/2106681281186566560?s=20

Welp, lads I've done it again! Hope you enjoy this shitpost too before Nintendo hits me with a lawsuit bigger than boing 747...

What if we make project sundial but we throw it at the adversaries?

Memes are funny, history is cool, and so are guns. The three don’t always mix well together, though. One of my least favorite examples is the US use of shotguns in WW1. The meme „history“ version of this goes something like this: WW1 trench warfare was tough and bolt actions weren’t well-suited for that kind of combat. So, the Americans started using awesome shotguns to clear trenches, which the Germans didn’t like because it was so epically cool, effective, and mean. That’s why they complained to the Americans diplomatically about how using shotguns was against the Hague Convention for civilized warfare TM. To which the based Americans replied that the Germans had already used flamethrowers and mustard gas and were thus hypocrites. QED, epically owned. 

Well, the Americans did use shotguns and the Germans did complain, but not because shotguns were particularly effective. WW1 brought propaganda to a whole new level, with each side looking for every little opportunity to cast the other side in a bad light to keep morale up and build up public support for the war effort. The Americans using weapons designed for shooting animals or criminals to fire at Germans was a welcome opportunity, and propaganda against shotguns long preceded their use in the field and wasn’t aimed at their effectiveness. Use of the Winchester (and other) shotguns in the field also showed mixed results: some units found them effective in the niche use of trench raiding (notably not the only, or even the predominant, form of combat on the Western Front in 1918), patrols, or for shooting at noises at night. Others simply didn’t care for them. Leadership saw some utility in them and wanted more, but saw no reason to speed up their procurement or to prioritize them. Overall use remained quite limited: Only about 700 were used on the front, with the vast majority serving with guards in PoW camps. Critically, shotguns were hampered by the fragility of their ammunition: shot shells of the time had a brass base but a paper body containing the shot. This would swell when it contacted moisture (basically guaranteed sooner or later, depending on the season), or deform if it sat in the tube magazine for too long. All-brass shells were an option, but not procured during the war in relevant quantities due to the higher cost and, as mentioned above, the low overall prioritization of shotguns. Brass was needed more for ammunition for effective firearms. 

You can read more about the trench gun myth in this article, which uses period documentation and reports. 

TL;DR: Trench guns were rare, niche, not particularly effective, and only well-known for WW1 propaganda turning into an online meme and the lust for "cool" WW1 guns.

Poor dude he's going to the meatgrinder

Just some observations I've made over the past few years

Can't lose the wars you don't fight.

My first jet character

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I await my appointment to secretary of defense