09-15-2003, 08:23 AM
Quoting:<br>
"Those legionaires was cut down by experienced warriors in much the same way that a zulu warrior probably would take out an English colonial swoldier in man to man combat if the soldier had to rely on his bayonet, and in much the same way that an experienced Apache warrior would take out a cavalryman in knifecombat, and in much the same way that a samurai would take an european company soldier foolish enought to draw his sword on him."<br>
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I'll buy the Samurai (trained for fast single strikes before the unlucky chap knew what sliced him),<br>
but I really don't believe the Zulu nor the Apache would be on average better than a white soldier on a one-on-one struggle to death.<br>
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Each culture has his bags of tricks and they have only relative value; i.e. respect to whom you are up against. To think a bayonnet or army knife is child's play in the hands of sissy european or u.s. soldiers is simply naive and probably false. Trained european and US soldiers were tough and very deadly, not only bacause of technological weapons, but because they were mean and full of stamina, as colonial history unfortunately shows.<br>
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(no glorification intended)<br>
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<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=goffredo>goffredo</A> at: 9/15/03 10:59 am<br></i>
"Those legionaires was cut down by experienced warriors in much the same way that a zulu warrior probably would take out an English colonial swoldier in man to man combat if the soldier had to rely on his bayonet, and in much the same way that an experienced Apache warrior would take out a cavalryman in knifecombat, and in much the same way that a samurai would take an european company soldier foolish enought to draw his sword on him."<br>
<br>
I'll buy the Samurai (trained for fast single strikes before the unlucky chap knew what sliced him),<br>
but I really don't believe the Zulu nor the Apache would be on average better than a white soldier on a one-on-one struggle to death.<br>
<br>
Each culture has his bags of tricks and they have only relative value; i.e. respect to whom you are up against. To think a bayonnet or army knife is child's play in the hands of sissy european or u.s. soldiers is simply naive and probably false. Trained european and US soldiers were tough and very deadly, not only bacause of technological weapons, but because they were mean and full of stamina, as colonial history unfortunately shows.<br>
<br>
(no glorification intended)<br>
<br>
<p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=goffredo>goffredo</A> at: 9/15/03 10:59 am<br></i>
Jeffery Wyss
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
"Si vos es non secui of solutio tunc vos es secui of preciptate."
