Hello everyone,
I was wondering if we might talk about the equipment of an individual solder for a moment. While I was cleaning the debris caused by a tornado out of my back yard, and front yard, I ruminated on this question.
Has the equipment of an individual soldier ever proven to be the decisive factor in winning a war?
I can already think of at least one example when this may have been the case: The British Army campaign against the Zulus. Clearly the use of rifles against men armed with spears and cowhide shields was a decisive advantage.
But the Battle of Isandlwana shows that this was not always a decisive advantage under every circumstance. Still another engagement -- Rorke's Drift -- shows how effective a discliplined force armed with rifles could be against a Zulu impi.
Any thoughts of other wars or campaigns where the Rifles, bazookas, swords, stirrups, spears or axes of one force were the decisive factor in victory?
I hope to learn a lot from this thread.
I was wondering if we might talk about the equipment of an individual solder for a moment. While I was cleaning the debris caused by a tornado out of my back yard, and front yard, I ruminated on this question.
Has the equipment of an individual soldier ever proven to be the decisive factor in winning a war?
I can already think of at least one example when this may have been the case: The British Army campaign against the Zulus. Clearly the use of rifles against men armed with spears and cowhide shields was a decisive advantage.
But the Battle of Isandlwana shows that this was not always a decisive advantage under every circumstance. Still another engagement -- Rorke's Drift -- shows how effective a discliplined force armed with rifles could be against a Zulu impi.
Any thoughts of other wars or campaigns where the Rifles, bazookas, swords, stirrups, spears or axes of one force were the decisive factor in victory?
I hope to learn a lot from this thread.
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