Periscope Rifles (Weird Tech)

Play The Great War for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 https://tgw.onelink.me/ULF0/e4262b4d Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days! Thanks to The Great War for sponsoring this video For the soldiers stuck in the stalemate of World War I, fighting from the trenches was no easy task. Shooting from the trenches meant that a soldier had to stand up over the parapet, exposing his head in order to aim at the enemy, posing a perfect target for enemy snipers. Therefore, soldiers needed to find a way to shoot the enemy without the risk of being exposed and shot... Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Script: Dejan Milivojevic Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Sources: Snipers at War: An Equipment and Operations History By John Walter Gallipoli Sniper: The Remarkable Life of Billy Sing By John Hamilton Anzac Battlefield: A Gallipoli Landscape of War and Memory - by Antonio Sagona, ‎Mithat Atabay, ‎C. J. Mackie · 2016