Interesting, I didn’t know they had cloth wrappers for their Pickelhauben. Is/was that a common thing, to have cloth wrappers for helmets?
Edit: I did the tiniest bit more research and stumbled over what might be the reason, translated from this source:
During WW1, the Pickelhaube became useless. The metal reflected sunlight, meaning the soldiers couldn’t camouflage. The spike would often stick out of trenches, making them easier to spot.
As a result, a new helmet model was then introduced in 1916, but I guess, they had to get creative until those were ready…
Oh, I get it. You think the gun was mounted on the horse for whatever reason.
Rest assured, Maxim guns usually needed a small team to be operated properly. I highly doubt anyone was stupid enough to try and fire a Maxim gun from a horse.
But the thing is nearly 30kg heavy, so loading it on a horse to move it around is what you’d would do if you had the option.
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