>Won World War 1>Perfect home defense weapon>Perfect hunting weapon>Perfect medium-short range combat weapon>Is now more relevant than ever with the rise of its use in anti-drone applications>widely available, even in jurisdictions with cucked gun lawsApologize
>>65387914>>Won World War 1Martsharters actually believe this
>>65387914Always keep a flare on hand, even if just for fun
>>65387971It still makes Germoids seethe to this day for "muh war crimes"
>>65387914>>Won World War 1100% Fuddlore myth.It's complete bullshit. It was completely fabricated by an infamously yellow tabloid journalist known for just making shit up.It was part of the same completely fabricated story that started the whole "krauts calling US Marines 'devil-dogs'-myth.That story talked about Marines using "sawed off shotguns" to raid trenches.This story was published roughly 2 weeks before the USMC saw any significant combat against the Germans.In reality shotguns were barely used in WWI, the US military only issued around 800 of them to troops in Europe.They weren't effective in the trenches, and they were widely hated by the men who used tried to use them in trench warfare because the extreme reliability issues the guns had (caused by paper-hulled shells disintegrating from the constant wetness of the trenches).The vast majority of those shotguns were issued to soldiers/marines on guard duty in non-combat roles.It's true that the Germans protested the use of shotguns as inhumane and claimed that use of shotguns in war violated the Hague convention's terms against weapons that cause needlessly grievous, painful, or difficult-to-treat wounds, but that was a PR move to smear the enemy.How effective the weapons being protested against actually were didn't matter.The Triple Entente had previously protested Germany's use of saw-back bayonets for the exact same reason, claiming that these weapons violated the previously mentioned Hague contention’s rules against cruel weapons.
>>65387987IIRC they were generally well liked in the Pacific Theater and Vietnam where the thick jungles make them more effective because of the closer engagement distances and use of camouflage that made rifles somewhat harder to use
>>65388006>weapons issued with ammo that can't withstand wet conditions>used in wet conditions>ammo turns into lumpy paste of cardboard and metal>weapons suffer extreme reliability problems>grunts who have to fight with said constantly jamming weapons hate them>weapons issued with ammo that can withstand wet conditions>weapons&ammo used in wet conditions>weapons retain acceptable levels of reliability>grunts don't hate the weaponIn WWI, the real issue was the shitty ammo.This was a known issue and the US military ordered brass-cased ammo to fix the issue, but by the time that ammo arrived, WWI was more-or-less already over.Shotguns are by no means bad weapons for close range fighting, such as trench raiding, jungle warfare, or house-to-house fighting.Everyone knows just how devastating shotgun blasts can be at close range.But it's hard to claim that shotguns are superior to SMGs and modern compact assault rifles in this role.Those weapons offer greater range, faster reloads, and allow the operators to carry far more ammo.
>>65387914>Won World War 1Pretty sure artillery did that.
>>65388053Artillery, Germanies economic collapse, a whole bunch of things really. Shotguns were absolutely horrific weapons in a trench raid, but trench raids were a fairly minor but dramatic part of the war.
>>65387914Coolest shotgun ever.
>>65388216What was the point if the dinosaur was 5 feet away?
