Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Mannlicher 88/95 - A Rare World War One Update" video.

  1. Even in the second Italo/ abbesinian war of 1936 only a part of ethiopian forces had been forces of the central/ imperial gouvernement. This had been about 100000 men. This was the perhaps 25000 men ,Royal Guard' with the best uniforms, hand arms, few heavy equipment ( machineguns, some anti- aircraft, anti- tank and other modern cannons, a handfull of civilian aircrafts, few lorries , some of them lightly armoured) and the best training by belgian, swiss and swedish officers ( small or neutral countries, for no diplomatic problems with the ,world powers) . Tourists/ Observers said the , Royal Guard ' seem to be the best african forces, and the Emperor tried, to build at first the guard as core of a new ethiopian army. The Main Army , perhaps 75000 men had been equipped and trained on low level. The reason for so many different types of rifles, is the fact, that still in 1936 in wartime the nobility moblized their feudal levies. So the Lords had to equip their leviemen, and in peacetime the noblemen bought and stored weapons, they could get. Also lots of feudal leviemen came with own weapons, the poor ones still with muzzleloaders and few with spears.
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  2.  @donjones4719  : I am german, and for german law reason , no gunowner. But i visited a number of museums, castles, historic sites ( in my Landkreis/ Arrondissement/ (US) county there are fortifications from bronze age, celtic, roman, medieval and Renaissance age) and some events, US citizens would call ,Gun Show'. About 20years ago, i noticed at such an event the ,books' of a british company ,Osprey' about military history. With the years i bought a number of this books, there are two , which are about the two italo- ethiopian wars of 1896 and 1936. Thats the reason, ,why i know something about this unusual toppic.
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