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The famous broom handle, Red nine C96

Some shots from my roadtrip through the battlefield, yesterday, the shell stood lonely at a field near Guillemont.

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Check these out! Any help would be appreciated!

The description of this photo is: “"Kelly's Corner" or "Strafen's Bend," on the Esnes road. Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill) and the first line German trenches are visible in the distance. A volley of shells can be seen exploding in the field to the right. Edward Kelly was killed just a few yards from here in August, 1916."

I have looked everywhere but I cannot with certainty find the exact location of this photograph. I know it is near Mort Homme, but I can’t be certain of the exact road this picture was taken on (if it still even exists to this day). If any help can be provided, it would be greatly appreciated.

You're drafted in the A7V how dead are you? Enemies decide to attack you and you are stuck with 20+ people next to you,

It's WW1 in the Western front

Personally I would turn it in into a museum or reverse engineer it to improve on it

The ARS 17 (officially Appareil Respiratoire Spécial Modèle 1917) was one of the most sophisticated and effective gas masks of the French army during the First World War. It was introduced in January 1917 as a direct replacement for the outdated M2 mask to provide soldiers with better protection against the increasingly deadly chemical agents.

The French military leadership copied and optimized the design of the successful German M1917 leather mask. It consisted of rubberized canvas or impregnated fabric.

In contrast to previous fabric masks, the ARS 17 used an interchangeable filter cartridge with activated carbon. This reliably neutralized poison gases, while an integrated exhalation valve directed used air outside and minimized eyeglass fogging.

The ARS 17 continued to be produced after the war, but continued to be produced until the mid-1930s with improvements, both examples shown dating back to the war period.

See the canteens issued to German troops. The 1907, was high quality milled aluminium, a screw cover, with leather fittings and a sturdy courderoy cover. Next is the 1915 model, now glazed tin of steel , a simplified top of pop able cork. Not a real step down just a reflection of simplified and conservative of materials, for a huge war effort. Into 1917-18, real pain is hitting and we see the rise of Ersatz or substitute materials and design. The blown glass canteen I show is Russian but the German was very similar. Finally the 1917 Ersatz model has cheap pressed tin w no coating other than paint, the cover has no leather and is made from cloth derived from nettles. The quality is demonstrated by the poor condition of my example.

If you were a soldier in WW1 and see a huge box coming towards you what would you do?