I know Germans used captured Soviet tanks, one example was just rescued from a bog in eastern Europe, but I have never seen or heard of the Western Allies encountering T-34's or other Soviet tanks when fighting in France or Italy. Where the tanks transferred to other units when the original user was pulled off the line, or were no units that had captured tanks ever transferred away from the eastern front?

I'm working on a screenplay loosely based around Joan of Arc, and I've come to a point in the film where a husband kills his wife with an axe and confesses to the crime, seeking forgiveness. Who would be in charge of prosecuting him? What would his typical punishment be? I'm trying to keep some sense of historical accuracy.

Specifically, what was the:

1. Standard service rifle?
2. Uniform and camouflage pattern?
3. Most used MBT?
4. Most used APC?
5. Standard headgear/helmet?

Any relevant information regarding equipment or small-unit structure would also be helpful, thanks.

I understand that they were a Royal Green Jacket Rifles Regiment akin to the 95th and 60th Rifles. I know what the Rifles were for and how they were used. The question I have is who were the "American Rifles" in the early 19th century. I cannot remember what I was reading, but it took place in northern Portugal during the Peninsula War and I want to say it may specifically have been the Second Battle of Porto when Wellesley routed Soult. I saw a passing mention to the American Rifles and was wondering where exactly they were recruited from if this was a post-American Revolution world.

I apologize for how wordy this comment/question is but I was just trying to be specific. Thanks historians.

It's often been said that Rome's military success was in no small part due to its willingness to absorb huge losses and keep going, i.e.: Cannae, when any other ancient state would give up. Where did this never-give-up mentality come from, and what gave it the ability to raise such large armies relative to other ancient states?

Hopefully the question is clear.

I was reading some old posts from a internet forum which was active around 1998. They posted a lot of photo's together with text, but these photo's aren't available anymore because, well, link-rot. So I wondered, what efforts are being made to retain the digital/analog context and the "whole" consciousness of today's society for future analysis?

It is well-known that the transmission of European diseases to the New World during the Columbian exchange led to the deaths of millions of Native Americans. Why hadn't this happened already with the arrival of earlier European settlers?

Being a fluent Chinese reader due to immigrating as a preteen to the United States, I delved back into an interest in Chinese history while studying historical linguistics in college. I have been frustrated by the number of politically charged modernist histories available in my local Chinese bookstores and in public libraries, and have been unable to really get into many details of the subject due to not knowing where to begin with Chinese sources.

While working in an academic library cataloging Chinese books, I did encounter a number of interesting primary sources, but I am looking to source some books in Chinese, with large overview or specific eras of Chinese history, so I can dig into it a little more.

I no longer have access to university credentials and I'm not sure where to begin and I was hoping there might be enough Chinese-reading historians who can point me towards some resources.