A City on the Verge of Collapse Part I

A single company of Marines protected the German Embassy in the city of Constantinople, while the remainder of the battalion advanced forth into the city with less than lethal weapons in hand. A veteran captain stood at the front of the company, armed with a single barrel grenade launcher. This weapon was based upon the m79 thumper from Berengar's past life, and currently saw limited service among the German Armed Forces, as well as peacekeeping units. 

He, like all his men, was protected by bullet and stab resistant body armor, covering him from head to toe. While also wearing a gas mask. To the medieval population of the Byzantine Empire, these German soldiers appeared as if they were aliens who descended upon their primitive world.