Re: [Epic] Re: [EPIC] Epic 40k stats/pre-sale

From: <oki_at_...>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 14:17:08 +0800

At 05:38 PM 3/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
>> >> The German shocktroops in WWI
>> >>were one of the few effective troops in trench warfare, they were just too
>> >>little, too late. A year earlier in their development, and they might have
>> >>turned the tide.
>> >>
>> >OK, I would like to find out more of these shocktroops. What did they do ?
>> >And how did they do it ?
>> >
>>
>Heres one way to explain stormtroopers of WWI.
>Picture a wave attack from one trench to another.
>In the front row of this attack you have large German men with the
>steel gun shields off of machine guns strapped to their arms like in the
>middle ages. In their right hands they are swinging sharpened shovels,
>picks, etc. In their wake you have guys wearing large satchels of grenades.
>These men pause from time to time to throw explosives into the trenches ahead
>and any occupied occupied shell crater along the way. These troops which
>lead the other attacking forces are the stormtroops.
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Hell of a way to make a living :)


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Regards
Oki

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Received on Wed Mar 05 1997 - 06:17:08 UTC