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[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

This thing looks like it was designed and manufactured in 1518 not 1918.

[-] MadnessForTsar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

R u sure this one isn't involved the user to mastering swordsmanship or something similar?

[-] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

That must have been like wearing an oven after a few hours.

[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

Good luck taking a round to the head even with this thing on.

[-] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It could stop shrapnel from shells. Artillery was responsible for the majority of casualties in WWI, not guns.

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