Panzerknacker,

That must have something to do with war tiredness, I think.After being awake for more than 24 hrs it hits you. Also they used to drink wine to keep themselves busy so that might be another factor to explain this.
There are several cases in the Finnish army I read that the men shot to the air from their fox holes, and got no aim of the enemy at all.Making noise soothed themselves.Otherwise totally useless.

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