Towards the end of WWII Germany was running out of supplies and the training was OJT.
Still the new recruit was shocked when the Sargent handed him a stick instead of a rifle.
“What do I do with this?”
“We are out of rifles and ammunition but thanks to the occult studies of Heinrich Himmler all you have to do is have faith in the Third Reiht and hold the stick as a rifle and say with confidence BANG BANG” explained the Sargent.
“Here come the Russians, go prove your faith in the Fatherland!”
The recruit ran behind the veterans that had rifles scared as hell. Just then he spotted some Russians and they couldn’t see him. Another recruit with a stick ran up beside him a yells BANG and a Russian soldier falls dead, but his fellows return fire and the recruit that killed the soldier is shot.
Having a surge of faith after seeing Himmlers magic put to the test he takes aim and says BANG, a Russian falls dead. BANG, BANG, BANG he becomes a battlefield terror for the next hour killing dozens of Russians.
Then he sees a Russian coming right at him at a slow steady pace. BANG, no effect.
BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, still no effect.
Since he isn’t shooting back I’ll kill him with my fist resolves the recruit so he runs at the Russian who seems to be muttering something but otherwise doesn’t flinch.
Just as the recruit is almost in range to engage he feels immense pressure that pushes him to the ground and presses him into the mud.
The last thing he hears is the Russian who says “Clankity, Clankity, Clank I’m a tankity Tank!”
It seemed Russia had the works of Grigori Rasputin.