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   ocr: - In 1916, the German infantry put Verdun Help Index aside its old sage green uniform, with its typical spiked helmet, with which Armies and Tactics Exit ithad entered the war. From then on, The German infantryman Back soldiers wore dark-gray campaign uniforms and the 1915 model helmet, the most successtul design for use in the trenches. They were armed with the 1898 model Mauser, the German response to France's introduction of the Lebel, which proved to be a Bookmark reasonably effective repeating rifle. Another widely-used weapon was the hand grenade (the German version had a wooden handle), ...