Gunka no Baltzar

Haha! Thx for the update EGS.

After this battle, Balzer has realized the deadly of modern warfare. Barbed wire and sand bag, trench and machine gun emplacement will stop any infantry stupid enough to charge straight at them.

Perhaps; but a field officer is nowhere near the level needed to institute army-wide changes, which is the sad part.

That's good. When SCS told me that they dropped it I was worried. Thanks to some brave individuals: Benj, AgentE, Ell, Olga, Aka, martikuki, Kusunuki-chan, and Kanra, we get art.

Thank you.

Page 47...this needs to be a spinoff. seriously.

After this battle, Balzer has realized the deadly of modern warfare. Barbed wire and sand bag, trench and machine gun emplacement will stop any infantry stupid enough to charge straight at them.

Calvary trapped by barbed wire and then got fired on multiple directions with heavy machine guns and rifles.

 

God, that is not a battle, that is a masscare.

This is war!! son!! if they don't use a barbed wire, it will be them that got their asses masacred.......

Zero Casuality in battle is EPIC!!!....

and now we know why is horse cavalry became obsolete in modern warfare

next time hollbeck just have to bring

Calvary trapped by barbed wire and then got fired on multiple directions with heavy machine guns and rifles.

 

God, that is not a battle, that is a masscare.

That's the point. I enjoy it actually.

Calvary trapped by barbed wire and then got fired on multiple directions with heavy machine guns and rifles.

God, that is not a battle, that is a masscare.

Thanks for the release, this manga is great and it looks like things are heating up even more!

Sigh, this site is dying...

When you give an inch they take an arm

Hah, I must thank the DMCA for getting me to read this great series.

I predict that they use the volley gun on the enemy cavalry on that one bridge that wasn't blown. They use the infantry and everyone else as bait, wait until the enemy pursue across the bridge, and then counter-ambush the ambushers by pulling out the volley gun and mowing down the cavalry that are funneled through the bridge. This eliminates the problems of the enemy cavalry flanking them or out-maneuvering them through having the cavalry funneled and trapped. At least, that's what I am assuming from the foreshadowing.

If that happens, the series is dead. Its an open bridge, if the ambushers charge/pursue an infantry unit, they'd obviously take heavy losses from the narrow terrain.

I predict that they use the volley gun on the enemy cavalry on that one bridge that wasn't blown. They use the infantry and everyone else as bait, wait until the enemy pursue across the bridge, and then counter-ambush the ambushers by pulling out the volley gun and mowing down the cavalry that are funneled through the bridge. This eliminates the problems of the enemy cavalry flanking them or out-maneuvering them through having the cavalry funneled and trapped. At least, that's what I am assuming from the foreshadowing.

Sigh, this site is dying...

Here you go.

 

https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/20345-more-dmca/

Sad panda.

The only good news is that the DCMA requests come out on a per chapter basis, so we still have a shot at seeing the new chapters as they come out

Finally a new chapter. Been waiting long for this.

What happened to all the chapters?

Here you go.

https://vatoto.com/forums/topic/20345-more-dmca/

What happened to all the chapters?

Spoiler

Look, if you believe lances were ornamental to Lancer regiments at the start of WW1 you clearly have a lot of learning to do. In 1903 lances in the British Army were relegated to the ceremonial role as you said, but the decision was reversed in 1909. For that matter, try riding a horse while carrying a lance. I had a chance to try out a replica of the famous M 1893 cavalry lance shown here back in 2003 when I was still living in Mass:

 

http://angloboerwarmuseum.com/Boer20c_techofwar_lance.html

 

If you ever tried doing that you'd realize that to a Lancer deployed with a regulation lance, that lance would automatically become his primary weapon, in that there is no way in heck he could use any other weapon on horseback while still holding on to his lance as regulation required. He'd have to stop, house the lance on the shoulder strap (for German Lancers; British Lancers had lance buckets), draw the other weapon, use it, holster it, then unhouse the lance from its strap (or bucket) before moving again. Why? Because a 3m long heavy poky stick will very quickly make your horse (and you) extremely uncomfortable when hanging uncontrolled from your shoulder (or seated in the bucket). The lance was so unwieldy it actually posed a danger to the Lancer, especially when the guidon was attached (by 1915 guidons were removed from lances) because it made them visible from very far away.

 

R.L.V. Blake, who wrote the postwar history of the famous 17th Lancers had this to say about the Lancers near the start of WW1:

 

"Cavalry policy still remained one of indecision, so that after 1910 the Lancer found himself, like the White Knight, carrying all three weapons; sword in scabbard on the near side, rifle in the rifle-bucket on the off side, lance slung or held by the right hand with its butt on a lance-bucket on the stirrup."

 

In other words, if the damn things were supposed to be ornamental, Lancers wouldn't have been bringing them to the actual battlefield - which they did! Partly because their superiors were idiots and partly because they themselves were dinosaurs stuck in the ways of a bygone era. Don't confuse usefulness for usage. Yes, the lance was damn useless even by the late 19th century, but it didn't mean Lancers stopped trying to use them.

Spoiler

Thanks to that, in WW1, lances were used exactly as intended in the battlefield, as primary weapon of Lancer cavalry (and yes, Uhlans) well into 1918, but they were useless because the Lancer cavalry themselves never got around to doing charges at any point during the war, with the one possible exception of the famous March 1918 600-yard charge of the British 17th Cavalry in support of the 9th Australian Infantry Brigade.

 

In short, yes, lances were useless by WW1, but they were neither ornamental nor used as ornaments like you seem to believe. The very unwieldiness of the lance made it impossible to use it as anything but a lance, and Lancers were very much waiting all war long for that one opportunity to charge gloriously like their forefathers did. It wasn't the lance that went out of use but the Lancers themselves. The 17th Lancers were converted to mounted infantry in 1914, dismounted by 1916, were remounted for Cambrai in 1917 but without their lances, then received their lances back just in time for the Spring Offensive of 1918. By November of 1918, the lances were gone again and the unit was merged with the 21st by 1922, no longer carrying lances except for ceremonial purposes.

 

My comment about the cavalry in Balzar was to point out the absurdity of their makeup. Uhlans were lance-equipped light cavalry (sometimes but not always - they're more famous for their sabers) used for raiding. Hussars were light cavalry equipped with sabers and firearms (with the exception of the heavy armored Polish Winged Hussars who used extremely long lances) whose primary job by the Napoleonic era was to find food and water for the troops and to capture strategic points. Both Uhlans and Hussars did not ride chargers but smaller, more agile horse breeds. Lancers were primarily heavy cavalry deployed next to large infantry formations to support them and charge other large infantry formations. They had also stopped wearing armor and riding heavy chargers by the time of the Crimean War (the 17th Lancers were part of the Charge of the Light Brigade). Cuirassiers were an older form of cavalry who wore breastplates (cuirasses) and did ride heavy chargers like the knights of old. 

 

What Nakajima-sensei had done here was to mix-and-match these various very different types of cavalry to come up with a weird combo that shouldn't work in real life, then gave them halberds to boot (well, okay, some Dragoons did have halberds, but come on!). Heavy chargers, for instance, would be useless in cross-country pursuit because they're relatively slow horses that tire easily. Plus they need to be fed oats and a special kind of bread, which would make them far from ideal for doing Hussar work. Hussar horses by nature of their riders' job had to be flex-fuel compatible, eating whatever is available on the field (usually grass). Cuirassiers (the men) also couldn't function well without proper support thanks to their heavy cuirasses. They usually moved with support wagons carrying spare equipment, supplies, and servants. Cuirassiers simply couldn't do cross-country Hussar-style deployment unless they dumped their armor (and these guys didn't; they're still wearing theirs). In short, really, really cool looking in manga, but in no way realistic.

FYI, the US Army still considered swords to be standard issue equipment for NCOs and they are (sometimes) brought to the front.

Your entire argument is based on what "should" have been done based on the standard issue kit at the time. If the CO says to drop all but your armor, lance and sword for an interception mission, fuck your standard equipment kit; drop everything except your armor, lance and sword.

War... war never changes.

That Liebknecht guy is planning something grim again,and it seems it's about the value of both armies.

Balzer is a rad commander, and I think he's far nicer than what everyone thinks he is.

This story is soooo epic. This is seriously one of my favorite series.

Huge thanks to the scanlators for bringing us this brilliant find!