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German Stormtrooper (World War I)
Infantry Units: German Stormtrooper, World War One
German officers and NCOs would start to experiment with new assault tactics.
This would lead to the creation of elite Stormtroopers or Sturmtruppen who would spearhead the German offensive of march 1918 known as Kaiserschlacht
I had no idea that the Strumtruppen were the first soldiers to use the MP-18 submachine guns (Source). They were also the first German soliders to use stahlhelm steel helmets. It's especially interesting how they pioneered a new form of infantry tactics.
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WWI Tanks: Tank Mk I Heavy Tank
The tank Mark I was the service model of the prototype vehicle known as mother which came about from development models based on the Holt tractor chassis.
The first American ground forces deployed against the Viet Cong and the NVA were the US Marines, who came ashore at Danang on the coast of South Vietnam on March 8th 1965.
The following six years of warfare would test the marines endurance to the limit.
I didn't realize how long these marines stuck through even with the intense demoralizing nature of the unfamiliar climate, guerrilla tactics, and deaths of their fellow friends.
The Vietnam War was costly to the U.S. Marine Corps....
A look at different Infantry units throughout history, in the first one we look at the U.S. Marines in the Vietnam War. The main function of the marines however was to seek out and destroy the...