zezxz t1_je8r5xw wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:14 AM

Reply to comment by Cetun in Gods, tombs and Nazis: the Third Reich’s bad relationship with Egyptology by MeatballDom

Yeah but that everyone includes Germans too. Amphetamines are generally steroids on the battlefield, and that’s not a concern during war. The premise of the drugs helping Nazis push through against France makes perfect sense but I’ve never heard it called anything more than just that: an aid

MaxDickpower t1_je8vsnn wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:16 AM

It does not make perfect sense. Having your soldiers addicted to meth and crashing hard after the meth wears off is not conducive to effective warfare.

yawningangel t1_je97nfs wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:09 AM

You do realise that USAF pilots were using "pep" pills during the first gulf war?

[Of pilots who were surveyed, 65% used amphetamines during the deployment to the SWA AOR and/or during Operation Desert Storm. Pilots who used amphetamines in air operations described it as "occasional." The most frequent indications for amphetamine use were "aircrew fatigue" and "mission type." Of pilots who used amphetamines, 58-61% considered their use beneficial or essential to operations. ] (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661838/)

You think the were more restrained in the 30's?

https://thesecuritydistillery.org/all-articles/pervitin-how-drugs-transformed-warfare-in-1939-45

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bigsoupsteve t1_jeaok3o wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:14 PM

Amphetamines are not meth dude

Kippenvoer t1_jeapdo5 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Methamphetamine is an amphetamine

MaxDickpower t1_jeauh9w wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:52 PM

Okay and? Pervitin is a methamphetamine.

zezxz t1_jed9y3h wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:18 AM

Why doesn’t it make sense?If you’re throwing out troops to slaughter I don’t see what advantage there would be from throwing out sober sacrifices