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Soldier carrying a light mountain gun on the Italian Front, WW1, 1916 (media.piefed.social)
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Soldier carrying a light mountain gun on the Italian Front, WW1, 1916
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[–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Mountain guns like that often have to traverse terrain that wheels won't handle. The poor fellow has to lug it like that until the next relatively flat stretch they find.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It could also have been done just for the photo.

    My brother worked as a mover for one of his first jobs. He bet a coworker he could carry a refrigerator into a house alone. He strapped it to his back and carried it in. I have a picture of him doing this. The only reason the picture exists is it was a stunt, there aren't other pictures of him working this job, which he did for a couple of years.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Regardless of whether the soldier is posing for a picture, this is a display of a legitimate use case. The Italian Front of WW1 included some... very difficult terrain. Though one imagines in most cases more than one person would be helping carry it.

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