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rondonjon t1_j9x7o4e wrote

During a street fight? C’mon now.

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dendiverdown t1_j9x9ze5 wrote

Yeah, those gendarmes at far right look real vested in the fight…so dialed in that they are doing nothing

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ramriot t1_j9y937i wrote

Yea, that and the fact the photographer is standing in the open while everyone else is supposedly taking cover.

Now to mention the terrible trigger control they exhibit. I would not be at all surprised if this was a PR still from a movie.

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64Iam t1_j9xdg0i wrote

I thought I read somewhere, this was from a movie. The soldier crouching looks like Mark Miller the actor.

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Aaron_Hungwell t1_j9y9bhk wrote

Mods, delete this shit as it’s clearly a cap from a movie. Op cut your bullshit ffs

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boxer21 t1_j9xipde wrote

That’s Armand Assante

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Cyrano_Nose t1_j9xlwy6 wrote

Frenchman partisan: Do I look debonair but dedly?

American: We should take this seriously.

French police: When the foeman bares his steel - Tarantara, tarantara -We uncomfortable feel -Tarantara

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StumpGrnder t1_j9x8ynk wrote

Poor firearm handling there, finger on the trigger

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GreatbigHippo t1_j9x96ee wrote

I’m pretty sure trigger discipline wasn’t a thing yet

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382Whistles t1_j9y0tbl wrote

I'm pretty sure it was. It might have depended on an individuals training though. A Pathfinder taught me. I couldn't even handle a toy gun "unsafely" without hearing about.

"The Gen. Greats" I knew didn't play games with weapons. Most Gen X that know handle them properly. I think that Gen-Next/ Millennials were the first generation to have "fear of weapons" crap instilled in them directly via toy marketing and news.

I think this has really just led to kids becoming adults having not just zero weapons training; but no real understanding of how powerful one is. "I must not think bad thoughts"(X)

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ctraskos t1_j9yblmp wrote

You loose 100% of the fire fights that you don't put your booger hook on the bang switch...

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GeniusEE t1_j9xzmg2 wrote

Brave photographer /s

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Northwindlowlander t1_j9zm5gd wrote

It is a great picture but surely not a real firefight. That said I love the idea that the gendarme are just watching, trying to decide if this is a crime or a war. "You murdered that man!" "I did not, I killed him in a totally legitimate war" "What is le difference?" "Complicated..."

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Neb8891 t1_j9yyncl wrote

Two ways: Well done and done well.

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series_hybrid t1_ja0piiu wrote

The officer has a low rank. Due to the nice condition of his boots/uniform, and the poor trigger discipline, I would say that he is not an experienced combat officer.

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hoopsmd t1_ja10mgx wrote

US officer takes cover behind a French partisan.

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Guntcher1423 t1_ja1899l wrote

That LT looks like he is about 10.

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NicholasAdam1399 t1_ja1d0kt wrote

Getting major sass from guy in the background

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FunNameNumber t1_j9y2s3g wrote

This reminded me of my grandfather, who worked with Italian partisans. I can only hope they looked so dashing.

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BSN_tg_bgg t1_j9xi763 wrote

Not fighting in uniform… a clear violation of the Geneva Conventions. That meant the plainclothes guy was commonly executed if captured.

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Relative_Figure_1715 t1_j9y36gs wrote

You mean the Geneva convention signed AFTER the war in 1949 ? 5 years later ? Swing and a miss old bean.

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BSN_tg_bgg t1_j9ymbij wrote

Correct. That would be the fourth Geneva Conventions that would outline treatment of non-uniformed combatants. I was holding them to a higher standard than I should have. The term partisan was thrown a lot during the war and the use of non uniformed combatants was usually met as a sign of underhanded warfare and partisans were usually executed on site. The fourth Geneva Conventions have been troublesome in regards to combatants in informal attire and treatment of prisoners of war since then.

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Relative_Figure_1715 t1_j9zctyn wrote

Do you know what perfidy is ? I only found out this week that what some of the Russians had done ( surrendering and then resuming fighting under a white flag ) was a war crime. Sounded like very poor sportsmanship but didn’t know it was a war crime. It makes sense though. A few Russians have now made it very difficult to surrender at all but the Ukrainians seam to hold themselves to a higher standard. ✌️

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BSN_tg_bgg t1_j9ztfjf wrote

We were allied with Russia in the Second World War.

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Relative_Figure_1715 t1_ja03dmv wrote

Pffff barely. We shared a common goal of eradicating the Nazis and divying up the land.

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