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on average

a pioneer was one who dug trenches to allow besieging forces to advance towards the enemy defensive works and forts

Surely combatants would and did die in these mock confrontations and through small raids but this was not the norm

Another watching and waiting Fallschirmjager armed with a Kar 98 (but no sniper scope) gets ready to open fire on the approaching enemy

Although mass firings were still very effective on a conventional battlefield

16126 Native American Warrior Advancing Crouched Down K&C Christmas Collection on averageNative American war parties were often small and traveled great distances, often through territory not well recorded by Europeans. Stealth was a trait learned from the elders for hunting game in the forest that proved to be just as valuable in warfare. The tried European military doctrine of the time required men to stand straight and form into columns and lines to work as a group, something the virgin forests of North America did not facilitate. It