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10th January 2014, 09:31 AM
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I never knew that about the US special forces acting as a kind of modern light dragoon, fabulous!
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10th January 2014, 07:05 PM
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It is not difficult to assimilate that horses are a functional alternative for accessing areas where motorized vehicles can not reach but, swords
 why not horse riding with assault rifles?
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10th January 2014, 07:12 PM
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Oh Nando!!! Where is your panache' ????? Actually in the Sahara the Tuaregs carry AK-47s, but still faithfully wear their takoubas. |
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11th January 2014, 02:40 PM
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3rd April 2019, 09:05 PM
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A lot of Afghanis will cheerfully charge at you thru a hail of bullets, they believe if they get hit, it is the will of Allah and they will go to Paradise if they die. being charged by a man with a big knife, or sword is, however, a different thing altogether. If they have a bit lopped off by an edged weapon, that's how they go into paradise and that is forever. Best not take any chances against a crazy Ferengi who brings a sword to a gun fight. Allah just might be helping HIM!.
A sword, or fixing bayonets is a statement of intent and commitment that they will be getting up close and personal and do not themselves mind dying. A proper Brit bayonet charge against Argentinian troops not all that long ago, who had been resisting strongly, scared the excrement out of them and they surrendered in droves. Ref:https://www.businessinsider.com/the-...2-10?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/6-of...5-10?r=US&IR=T In spite of the bean counter REMFs, sharp pointy things are not yet obsolete, because they ultimately still work. Doing it old school: https://vimeo.com/277556631 Last edited by kronckew; 3rd April 2019 at 09:45 PM. |
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4th April 2019, 03:52 AM
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G'day Guys,
The charge at Huj in November 1917 is said to be one of the last successful cavalry charges of the British army. It was immortalized in a watercolour painting by British artist Lady Butler. Below is a 1908 pattern cavalry troopers sword marked to the Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, which was one of the units that took part in the charge. |
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4th April 2019, 07:48 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_udGcKMhbtc
As painted from Huj For Jim: American charge in Afghanistan, no swords, M4 carbines... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9uK6x5HgA Last edited by kronckew; 4th April 2019 at 08:14 AM. |
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