No helmet, standing out in the open when everyone is armored lying down…yeah that’ll do it.
Fun_Budget4463 on
That’s my Bolt Action commissar mini!
Bossmandude123 on
The idea of a political commissar is so interesting as a role in the military. Spreading ideology and keeping soldiers loyalty in check is such a morally corrupt job
Tommiwithnoy on
Jumping into an open battlefield with no helmet but your piss cover and a pistol is so dumb.
ikonoqlast on
If he’s leading why is he behind the photographer?
Why would the photographer be in front?
Staged…
pioniere on
Killed minutes later but famous to this day.
jxj24 on
By his men?
FearlessVegetable30 on
the feeling of charging with your boys into battle was probably a wild . especially with a war like this
displacedyoop on
Cover of Avalon Hill’s Cross of Iron.
stanic042 on
the less orcs the better
Lefty4444 on
Looks like a charge where he is standing when should keep his head down and use a helmet. Damn it Alexey, risk management! Don’t make yourself the biggest target on the battlefield!
dhyratoro on
It’s Joseph Fiennes’ character in Enemy at the Gates.
calebs_dad on
Apparently no one, least of all the photographer, was sure who this guy was. The most accepted story is that he was the political commissar, and had just taken acting command of the battalion after its normal commander was injured. The title of the photo, _Kombat_, basically means “battalion commander”. Political commissars started the war as co-commanders, and were later subordinated to the military officers and limited to morale functions.
Violaleeblues77 on
Who killed him? His or theirs?
RnolanF333 on
You cant be a martyr if you dont die
pongauer on
“In the soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance”
And assholes like him where the reason for that. Let him rot in hell next to the Nazi’s he fought.
codekb on
Sounds like the exact job of the commissars in warhammer 40k
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No helmet, standing out in the open when everyone is armored lying down…yeah that’ll do it.
That’s my Bolt Action commissar mini!
The idea of a political commissar is so interesting as a role in the military. Spreading ideology and keeping soldiers loyalty in check is such a morally corrupt job
Jumping into an open battlefield with no helmet but your piss cover and a pistol is so dumb.
If he’s leading why is he behind the photographer?
Why would the photographer be in front?
Staged…
Killed minutes later but famous to this day.
By his men?
the feeling of charging with your boys into battle was probably a wild . especially with a war like this
Cover of Avalon Hill’s Cross of Iron.
the less orcs the better
Looks like a charge where he is standing when should keep his head down and use a helmet. Damn it Alexey, risk management! Don’t make yourself the biggest target on the battlefield!
It’s Joseph Fiennes’ character in Enemy at the Gates.
Apparently no one, least of all the photographer, was sure who this guy was. The most accepted story is that he was the political commissar, and had just taken acting command of the battalion after its normal commander was injured. The title of the photo, _Kombat_, basically means “battalion commander”. Political commissars started the war as co-commanders, and were later subordinated to the military officers and limited to morale functions.
Who killed him? His or theirs?
You cant be a martyr if you dont die
“In the soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than to advance”
And assholes like him where the reason for that. Let him rot in hell next to the Nazi’s he fought.
Sounds like the exact job of the commissars in warhammer 40k
So, he became a good commie?