"French diagram calculating costs of attacking MG?" Topic
4 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please don't call someone a Nazi unless they really are a Nazi.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Early 20th Century Discussion Message Board
Areas of InterestWorld War One
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article I updated this model, and discovered it's now a collector's item…
Featured Workbench Article Mal Wright  experiments to find a better way to mount aircraft for wargaming.
Featured Profile Article The importance and use of chemical warfare in WWI and its application to tabletop wargames.
Featured Book Review
|
| redcoat | 14 May 2019 2:19 p.m. PST |
Hi all, Some months ago I saw (in a book?) an alarming WW1-era French diagram, which showed in a striking way the costs to infantry of attacking a single MG. To the best of my recollection, the diagram portrayed attacking infantry moving from left to right, as a steadily shrinking human figure – showing the horrifying mounting losses experienced by those troops as they advanced into the teeth of MG fire. Any chance anyone knows the diagram, and a location where I could consult it? I am pulling out my hair here, trying to remember where I saw it. Thanks in advance for any help! |
| D A THB | 14 May 2019 6:19 p.m. PST |
I'd like to see that as well as I just painted some Early War French and have been reading up on doctrine. |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 May 2019 7:17 p.m. PST |
I'd also like to see that! |
| Legion 4 | 20 May 2019 6:52 a.m. PST |
Well no charging in the open[or anywhere else !] against an MG was what we were taught. But that was 60 years after WWI …  |
|
