[allmendream]

After action analysis in WWI showed that far too many troops did exactly that “firing the gun but hoping he didn't hit anyone”.

IIRC it was in light of that finding that the military switched from circle targets to human silhouette targets.

Nowadays with your average 18 year old having pointed an electronic gun at an electronic human shaped adversary and fired on target some 100,000 times - probably not much of a problem.

The Germans are either at your throat or at your feat. During WWII a dead German was a good German.

To quote from the movie Patton....

“when you put your hand in a bunch of goo that moments before was your best friends face, you will know what to do”

[cripplecreek]

After action analysis in WWI showed that far too many troops did exactly that “firing the gun but hoping he didn't hit anyone”.

I've read that the earliest American troops there really weren't mentally prepared for what they faced but they figured it out pretty quickly once guys started dying next to them.

[hoosierham]

I don’t think it is all Germans who “are at your throat or at your FEET” but all of those types of people who want your stuff without expending effort in useful work.