German forward observers finding a town burning to the ground as Russian troops retreat. It was common practice for the Russian army do destroy anything that could be of value to the Germans without regard of the local populous.
Mounted german forward observers of the 4th Army in a burning village near Mogilev at the Dnieper, Belarus, July 16th, 1941.
I usually imagine my own sounds with it, like `tjunk, tupdieyupdiedee` aaa enemy spotted, ratatatataboom
Troops of Chinese 179th Brigade departing Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China for the front lines, Oct 1937
