Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "" video.

  1. Thinking about it there are only a few contexts were soldiers might thing of it as a good idea, during very heavy rain in a foxhole, if drunk and thinking it's funny or when having to crawl through mud with the rifle. If you are wading through water it will either get in or it won't depending on how much and what is submerged, and there's a reason the pictures show them holding them over their heads. Otherwise it was not something subtle for patrol given it would have limited use and would be a pain to clean if the gun is fired, or duty because your superior would chew you out, or anything other than those I mentioned. That said the loyal guys probably gave theirs to theirs to their friends, so the it is as likely that the number found has more to do with how hopeful they were, though possibly also how nearby bins were, I have heard that there were complaints at least from the Germans at the time that much of this ration ended up immediately deposited in the trash by a decent proportion of the army, which wasted material and made superiors worry that this had something to do with the VD rate (the suggestion I've seen are that it was in fact generally a disregard for other recommended hygienic steps before and after use, as is often related in the case reports).
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