what the fuck were they thinking with this shit
>>65621457>I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PICKLEHAUBE, MORTY>IM PICKLEHAUBE RIIIIIIICK
>>65621457They are football hooligans after all.
>>65621457The "pike" used to hold horse hair plume. Some say it can also deflect saber slashes to the top of the head.
>>65621457Sillyhatmaxing was still the meta until the French ruined everything by inventing modern artillery
>>65621498british did that, french have never invented anything, they only popularized it
>>65621499The other way around historylet
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>>65621519Cool cornsyurp slop. Next you'll be telling us sneedoils are a delicacy! I bet you use plastic cookware as well. Faggot
>>65621522Take your meds and fuck off back to /pol/.
>>65621502artillery was invented by two geezers in a barn back in 10th century when they hand crafted a single wooden cannon and won a contract to build a thousand cannons for the crown.
>>65621457Primarily it was to defend against sword blows - here the first versions had a far higher dome and a far more substantial brass work which furthered the protective aspects. The base of the spike also featured holes for ventilation. And depending on the model horse hair plumes could be attached (mainly done for the guard and cavalry regiments) but this necessitates a different spike.
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>>65621522There's no corn there.
>>65621526>>65621554Getting cancer to own the libs is crazy
>>65621457>>65621543>>65621551The spiked helmet has been around like the bronze age; the Russians adopted it in the 1830s-1840s in honor of their Germanic ties and the Holy Alliance.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyApXSe4NYk
>>65621519>French 75a true classic
>>65621569Everybody knows that you are a moron. You don't have to double down on it.
>>65621457It's drip or drown out there and brother that helmet is a whole ass raft
>>65621799I made some one new years.Maybe I messed something up but I didn't really get it.The one just called "champagne cocktail" by the IBA was better.But best of all was just drinking the champagne with none of the foolishness
>>65621522-------->the joke------>your head
>>65621805>>65621952Incels who took the vaxx trying to own others is incredibly funny.
>>65621457The OG high-cutI really want someone to put side rails and an NVG mount on one
>I wonder when they will invent crayons
>>65621457Knowledge is half the battle. The other half is looking cool.
>>65621498>>65621499Wouldn't have been possible without the innovations of Krupp, but I'll allow it.
>>65621522>>65621569True sugar syrup is made from cane. Beet is also acceptable. Corn is not.
>>65621519>>65622445Never heard simple syrup referred to as sugar syrup, although it is accurate.
So who's got the best modern helmet drip? The italians?
>>65621464underrated post
>>65622474¡Victoria, salve!
>>65621489No it didn't. The germans used different ornaments for different unit types, infantry got a stylized representation of a spear tip, artillery got a stylized representation of a cannon ball, cavalry got a stylized representation of a horse's ass, pioneers got a stylized representation of a raccoon tail etc. Shit looked sharp af on parade, and you know how anal retentive the Prussians were about their parades.
If I sat down on the Pickelhaube, would I die?
>>65622675We all know your ass can take more than that.
>>65622401Google: Tactical pickelhaube>>65622646Funny, but no. Artillery did get a ball, but only to stop them stabbing or getting stuck in shit when bending over.The plate on the front is what distinguished different units.
>>65622686Reading comprehension is a thing, anon. The top ornament distinguished the *type* of unit, it did not distinguish between units of the same type.
>>65622474tell me about the feathers, why do they wear them?
The spike is anal penetrator for battle stress relief. Ball is anal plug for tactical fecal retention, to not give away position. Feather for kink because german.
>>65621519Man of taste, I see>>65621522French 75s date back to the first world war you turbonigger>named in honor of the 75 mm artillery piece>because it either hits like one or the hangover will.
>>65622675It would be extremely painful.
>>65623222Stop making shit up its really weird
>>65621519There was also the time a french doctor made the special crazy cocktail
>>65623469>slooshing absinthe with more absinthe>in a downpourThe fuck is this image?
>>65621519Love that one. Sadly pretty much unknown by modern bartenders.
>>65622497Why do chuds not go VGHHHH over Chile? They're real true prussian soldiers there.
>>65622723Except cavalry didn't get a horse ass and pioneers didn't get a coon tail, they got spears points as well.
>>65623503They do. Just look at the comments of any Chilean Marching Video on YouTube. It turns out most chuds are latinx.
>>65623503The are brown.
>>65623482They're just pouring absinthe over the sugar to dissolve it, you dunce.
>>65622497>>65623503Only in Argentina with blonde hair and blue eye
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>>65622451>Never heard simple syrup referred to as sugar syrup, although it is accurate.All syrup is sugar syrup, it's kind of what the word means (in English usage anyway).Simple Syrup is so called because it's unflavoured, just sugar and water.
>>65622646>cavalry got a stylized representation of a horse's assYou can't show that and not post an ass-helm.
>>65622646>avalry got a stylized representation of a horse's ass, pioneers got a stylized representation of a raccoon tail etc.Couldn't find anything that proofs that. Prussian cavalry in general also wore the leather Pickelhaube with the exception of the cuirassiers who had metal versions.
I found a depiction of prussian marines wearing Pickelhauben with balls instead of spikes.
>>65622646And lastly here a depiction of prussian pioneers wearing either a normal Pickelhaube and a field cap.
>>65621489the top metal spike was originally designed in 1842 to deflect saber or cavalry sword strikes away from the head.IntimidationThe tall design and shiny spike made soldiers appear taller, more imposing, and aggressive on the parade ground and battlefield.By the start of World War I, the Pickelhaube became obsolete. Its leather construction offered zero protection against modern artillery shrapnel or bullets, and the gleaming spike acted as an easy beacon for enemy snipers. The German army introduced cloth covers (Überzug) in service and officially replaced the helmet with the steel Stahlhelm in 1916.
>>65622686>Google: Tactical pickelhaubeAwesome. Never forget the mid to late 1800s Prussian Army!>The 1800s Prussian Army's biggest success was the Unification of Germany, culminating in the victory in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) and the subsequent creation of the German Empire.The Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871): >Led by General Helmuth von Moltke and fueled by superior Krupp steel artillery, rapid railway mobilization, and the General Staff system, the Prussian-led forces decisively defeated France. The pivotal Battle of Sedan captured Emperor Napoleon III and led to the siege of Paris, resulting in the proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.The Austro-Prussian War (1866)>Fought in just seven weeks, Prussia crushed the Austrian Empire at the Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa). Backed by the rapid-firing Dreyse needle gun and strategic rail deployment, this victory knocked Austria out of German affairs and established Prussian hegemony.
>>65623877Cough syrup.
>>65623992Blow it out your, ass low effort alop regurgitator.
>>65624034You ain't getting my cock out that easy, now you take it WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM
>>65624017>the Battle of KöniggrätzOne of the largest battles of the 19th century, involving over 450,000 troops (roughly 220,000–240,000 Prussians against 215,000–240,000 Austrians and Saxons).
>>65621519Invented in direct response to them fetting absolutely BTFO in the Franco-Prussian war.
>>65623501The last two times I have ordered a Manhattan I have had to explain it.
>>65624047That was on July 3, 1866July 1 to July 3, 1863 was the biggest and most climatic battle of the US Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg>Roughly 93,000 to 104,000 Union troops against 65,000 to 75,000 Confederate troops.>It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with over 50,000 combined casualties (killed, wounded, captured, or missing).
>>65624017Also Italian (Sardinian) got rekt
>picrelwhen germany ran out of leather they started making them out of whatever materials were available, felt, cork, cardboard, steel, etc.technically the first steel helmet of the war? unless those french skull caps came before it, probably wouldn't offer any more protection than the leather since the steel was very thin and not treatedcardboard pickelhauben were lacquered so they look like any other leather helmet unless you look inside or it has cracked after 110+ years since the war
>>65624047Kino>>65624071Gay
>>65624047In that painting: note the normal solider was in leather helmets, not shiny metalNo, the Pickelhaube worn by standard infantry at the Battle of Königgrätz (1866) was not made of metal.The standard Prussian infantry helmet used during the Austro-Prussian War was the Model 1860 (M1860) Pickelhaube, which was made of hardened (boiled) leather finished in a glossy black.Who wore metal helmets?While foot soldiers wore the leather version, heavy Prussian cavalry, such as the Cuirassiers, wore a distinct, all-metal version of the spiked helmet (often made of polished steel or tombac brass) paired with an articulated metal neck guard. High-ranking military and political officers occasionally wore these all-metal variations for ceremonial or prestige reasons.The widespread transition away from leather to an all-metal combat helmet didn't happen until World War I, when the leather Pickelhaube's complete lack of shrapnel protection forced Germany to introduce the steel Stahlhelm in 1916.
>>65624047>>65624071soldiers standing in line wearing colourful uniforms and waving flags while killing eachother feels like it's fiction, you've got to remember that for most of human history that's what warfare was like
>>65624118if you're talking to me i meant world war 1 forgot to mention it sorry
>>65623811You dissolve the sugar with ice water, which causes the absinthe to turn cloudy. Even the lighting the sugar cube on fire gimmick only has you putting a few drops of absinthe on the cube to help it ignite. You don't pour absinthe over the sugar cube.
>>65621522Sucrose and Fructose are not the same you mouth breather.
>>65623707>>65624270>it's not true because I a chud loser who lives with his mom says it isn't
>>65621457When they duck inside of the trench, they double as a spike trap.
>>65624061What the fuck. That's the most common drink you can get, surely it should be a staple knowledge.
>>65624422Never heard of it and I'm 50 and go out all the time
>>65624430Ha. Turns out the place in my area known for a Manhattan is this high end fancy fancy bar for yuppies.
>>65621489>>656215431. Are people really trying to club someone exactly on the top of their helmet with a straight vertical slash from above with a saber?2. Wouldn't it just make the blade hit the helmet slightly to the right or the left of where it would have hit otherwise?
>>65624441If I had a blade it would deter me from coming straight down on them as it would be easy for them to spear my sword with their helmet But I would immediately swipe at them sideways aiming at the metal thing on top to knock their helmet off, it my sword can take that kind of an impact
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>>65624441>1Attacks from cavalry sabres (which would come from a higher position against the foot soldier) were the main concern.>2That's why the sides of the helmet were reinforced with additional brass elements.>>65624451>But I would immediately swipe at them sideways aiming at the metal thing on top to knock their helmet off,A test in July 1841 did exactly that and it was noted that "the helmet is very comfortable and fit perfectly securely, not falling off the head even under heavy saber blows."
>>65623501Weirdly common here but we have a preponderance of gay hipster bars in a very drunk state
>It was to defend against sabresNo it fucking wasn't. That was pretext to justify the expense before the bean counters. What it was actually meant to do was look imposing and most importantly stand out, and that it achieved very well, so much so that people are still talking about it more than a century later. In actual use, it was a heavy, expensive, not very practical hat that >The foot soldier’s felt hat is as old as the iron cap, from which the tin cap evolved; the bearskin cap supplanted the cap, the leather helmet the hat, the shako—and indeed the cloth cap—both of them, the spiked helmet the shako, the kepi seeks to supplant the spiked helmet, and the felt hat, too, to restore its prestige, which it never entirely lost. Each of these changes had its zealous advocates and arguments in favor of its superiority, depending on the perspective that was decisive at the time. Unfortunately, these were always more a matter of fashion and taste than of actual purpose, which some of these aberrations completely lost sight of.>The military perspective places particular emphasis on the fact that headgear is becoming and provides protection against enemy attack. The history of headgear amply demonstrates how fluid the concept of “becomingness” is; even if sober reflection did not already convince us that this motive should take only the last place in importance. Moreover, the defensive purpose of headgear has lost much of its significance in modern warfare, at least for the infantry; armies have suffered infinitely more because their headgear was physiologically unsuitable than because it failed to provide adequate protection against the enemy.
>>65624634>Heavy, constricting headgear causes the soldier great distress; it impedes blood circulation in the head and increases overheating, especially when the cap presses against the hair and hinders the flow of air in and out; one feels compelled to ventilate the head and catches a cold. And yet the soldier is expected to wear this headgear during hours-long marches, day and night, on guard duty, and in battle, when his strength is pushed to the limit; how much more comfortable and capable would the cap make him—even if it adds to the load in the knapsack—and in most cases it would surely be simpler and more practical to limit oneself to this, at least in the field, where every simplification and conservation of energy is essential. In modern warfare, this has, sooner or later, generally come to pass, since almost everywhere the headgear of European armies failed to meet the above conditions, or met them only poorly.
>>65624634>>65624637Lehrbuch der Militär-Hygiene (Textbook on Military Hygiene), Carl Kirchner, 1869
They wanted to annoy you
>>65623503Chileans aren't white.
>>65624644You should have read a few sentences further. On page 409 it reads:>If military considerations argue against such a simplified form of headgear, then, among the known and commonly used models, the Prussian helmet—in its current, improved form—ranks as one of the most practical.>In its lighter versions, it weighs half a kilogram; it is consistently spacious and well-ventilated, provides protection against both enemies and any kind of inclement weather, and its shape—conforming to the head—offers little resistance to the wind while deflecting hostile blows, all while possessing a distinctly military, chivalric character.
>>65623832>Argentines>actually Neapolitan Italians Not blonde haired nor blue eyed
>>65623966The artillery also had a ball instead of a spike
>>65624047That battle was the school yard fight equivalent of the Chad-est kid in school pummeling the most retarded special needs kid in school
>>65624578That 1842 model was replaced BECAUSE it was cumbersome and impractical
>>65624690>It's all shit, here's how to do it better>But btw. ours is actually kinda good, I swear guysYeah, I don't trust him on that.
>>65622646>>65623879weird looking horse but sure, yeah
>>65624820Polish horse
>>65623503Most people just don't care about Chile or any military which does not belong in the top 15. Just not that interesting for the cadual to learn about minor powers while the more flashier and stronger nations are there. As a "Chud" myself I find Chile to be quite interesting, though not really because of the Prussian Traditions, that's just a poor imitation. Colonia Dignidad and the Chilean Military Doctrine for a potential War against Argentina during the Beagle Conflict are quite interesting to read about. Generally Military Juntas are quite underrated, Myanmar under the Tatmadaw doesn't get the attention it deserves either, but I digress
>>65624930Up until the 90s or the early 2000s, Chile was the most militarized country in Latin America. Every family had someone in the army, navy, or air force who wore their uniform around with pride during weddings, baptisms, first communions, etc, every city had its own base or regiment, which was a focal point of the community. "Civic-military" parades were marched on special holidays with schools, mother/women's associations, clubs, etc., wearing uniforms marching in lockstep through the city. Schools held formation drills every morning to sing the national anthem and pray a Padre Nuestro. It was unlike anything anywhere else in Latin America, except perhaps Cuba.
>>65622646>pioneers got a stylized representation of a raccoon tail>anon just making shit upThere were no raccoons in Germany back then, anon. They're only there now because some national socialists thought they're cute and would be a nice addition to the ecosystem.(Both kinda true?)
>>65625099>Socialism imports coonsI swear there is a joke here, I just cannot parse it.
>>65622841to block the sun
>>65624820That is modelled after the polish Czapka caps that was the standard headgear of the Polish Legion during the Napoleonic Wars. As the poles made quite the name for themselves as cavalrymen many states incorporated such polish dress elements for their lancer cavalry formations - hence why this headgear was only used by the Uhlans in the prussian army.
