101 Things Found on a Battlefield

[ChalkLine]

1 - Trenches
2 - Burnt out vehicles
3 - Razor wire
4 - Shell holes (from 'small' to 'what in hell made that!')
5 - Skeletons
6 - Used medical waste from injury treatment
7 - Bunkers; sandbag or concrete
8 - Crashed chopper

[StainlessSteelCynic]

9 - discarded smallarms
10- unused ammunition belt (for machineguns)
11- unused ration pack
12 - discarded parachute
13 - pallet for airdropped supplies
14 - stockpile of jerrycans
15 - forgotten backpack/rucksack
16 - coils of comms wire
17 - deployed bridge from AVLB
18 - civilian vehicle
19 - discarded helmet
20 - unexploded ordnance

[ChalkLine]

21 - booby traps
22 - Spent missile casings
23 - Wire guided missile wire draped over the terrain

[unkated]

24 - empty, dropped, assault rifle magazines
25 - full, dropped, assault rifle magazines
26 - deserted med station - 2-4 (bloodied) stretchers on stands, empty plastic containers; small chance of dropped small pack of pain-killers or anti-biotics.
27 - deserted MG position, with intact MG
28 - empty mortar position
29 - single, intact tire (Truck or Hummer/other recon)
30 - length of broken vehicle (tank or tracked IFV) track
31 - dead, disembowled cow
32 - pack of wild dogs
33 - murder* of crows



*flock; could be other carrion birds

[StainlessSteelCynic]

34 - shellshocked survivor (hiding in a trench, shellhole etc. etc.)
35 - a pack of scavengers looting the field for anything useful.

[Draq]

33: cigarette butts
32: latrine holes(buried and open)
31: random dismembered body part/unidentifiable bits of human anatomy
30: graffiti
29: a stash of cassette tapes with player(music junkie's collection, carefully collected and cared for, now abandon. His body is probably near by)
28: a line of executed civilians/soldiers
27: photos of loved ones/letters from home

[WallShadow]

28. Spare MG barrel (possibly burned out)
29. Religious medal on cord/chain or rosary.
30. A single glove.
31. Small arms cleaning kit parts (rod/oiler/etc.)
32. Bird's nest in toppled tree, with eggs.

[Silent Hunter UK]

48. A discarded novel
49. A pre-war fashion magazine
50. A pre-war porn magazine
51. A book of poetry

[ChalkLine]

52 - Large, well marked minefield
53 - Massive cemetery holding all sides of the conflict
54 - Temporary road signs
55 - Warning signs ('Booby Traps!' or 'Sniper on ridge, keep your head DOWN!'
56 - A circle of civilian furniture around a fire

[ArmySGT.]

57 lost canteen
58 Map of the region with unexplained symbols.
59 mechanics tool box with civilians tools
60 key ring with grenade pins from both NATO and Warsaw Pact.
61 diaper bag with cloth diapers, pins, ointment and baby powder
62 Metal thermos for coffee or tea
63 Entrenching tool without case.
64 Linking machine for Soviet non disintegrating MG belts
65 5kg of iodized pickling salt and spices for preserving vegetables.

[CDAT]

52 - Large, well marked minefield

66 - Or even worse any size poorly/unmarked minefield.

[ChalkLine]

66 - Or even worse any size poorly/unmarked minefield.

Unmarked minefields I make as a plot device. Having unmarked mines everywhere spoils a game quickly

[StainlessSteelCynic]

67 - a civilian motorbike/car/truck in working condition, the engine is still running, it's as if it was hurriedly abandoned minutes earlier.
68 - a circle of dead dogs, laid nose to tail (I actually encountered this in an online game, no explanation was ever given for the circle, it was just one of those weird things you encountered and were left to wonder about).

[Draq]

(I actually encountered this in an online game, no explanation was ever given for the circle, it was just one of those weird things you encountered and were left to wonder about).

More of these kinds of things.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Unmarked minefields I make as a plot device. Having unmarked mines everywhere spoils a game quickly

A poorly marked minefield with an array of dead cattle in it.