Why German Troops Feared the American Trench Shotgun — From Argonne to Normandy
Автор: WW2 - The Last Battalion
Загружено: 2026-02-11
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November 1, 1918 — mist in the Argonne, a German listening post, and a sound they can’t explain.
What followed wasn’t a firefight at distance. It was close-quarters procedure.
This documentary traces the U.S. trench shotgun’s battlefield impact from the Meuse-Argonne Offensive to Normandy and the Hürtgen Forest—why German commanders filed a formal protest in September 1918, and why German troops later identified “pump guns” as a unique close-combat threat. Using the Winchester Model 1897 and Model 12 as the centerpiece, we examine how terrain—trenches, bunkers, hedgerows, stairwells—collapsed engagement distances and punished doctrines built around controlled range.
Topics include the trench shotgun’s role in raids and clearing actions, slam-fire operation, reliability in mud and rain, and the wider psychological effect described in postwar recollections and interrogation contexts. This is not a story about spectacle—it’s a story about proximity, momentum, and how a weapon reshaped fear when distance disappeared.
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