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TIL that in 1918, during WWI, the Germans protested the use of the Model 97 shotgun "trenchbroom" by the USA, arguing it violated the rules of the Hague Conventions. The Americans replied almost immediately that the protest was ironic coming from the guys using flamethrowers and poison gas.

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