THIS PLAY IS A STUDY OD SEVEN MEN, SIX GUNNERS AND AN EIGHTEEN–YEAR–OLD LANCE–BOMBARDIER, TRAPPED IN A FUTILE SITUATION WHICH DRIVES THE WILDEST OF THEM TO INCREASINGLY EXTREME INSUBORDINATION. IT IS GERMANY IN 1954, A BITTERLY COLD WINTER. THE GUN THEY GUARD IS OBSOLETE. THE WOEFUL EVENTS OF THE PLAY ARE UNFOLDED WITH BITING IRONY.