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Offline WVFarrier

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Old Army SF Archery video
« on: August 14, 2018, 07:56:24 AM »
I found this while parousing youtube.  Kind of amusing

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Offline Terry Green

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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2018, 08:25:01 PM »
I love the part where it shows the guns not penetrating but the broad headed Arrow does. That's a great testimony
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2018, 08:43:41 PM »
Interesting video. Thanks.
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Offline Dave Rice

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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2018, 09:33:26 PM »
Fun bit of history.

Back in the Revolutionary war period Benjamin Franklin proposed equipping the Continental Army with bows:  dramatically faster rate of fire, longer effective range, easily produced, higher reliability and all at lower cost. Smart man.
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2018, 09:43:03 PM »
As a kid, I heard about this type of testing, but this is the first time I have actually seen anything "official". Pretty cool, huh?
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Offline RedRidge

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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2018, 10:24:28 PM »
I saw this one some time ago. Pretty neat piece of history. Thanks for posting!
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2018, 10:46:02 PM »
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What a great video!
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2018, 10:58:36 PM »
Man if I could get my hands on some of those explosive heads, I would be in business :biglaugh:
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2018, 10:58:29 AM »
I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting!
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2018, 01:42:49 PM »
My Stepdad was a chopper pilot in Vietnam, he told me a story once about dropping a single SF guy off in the jungle with a nothing more than a recurve and a handful of arrows. Of course he also drank a lot and took a pretty good shot to the head in 'Nam so he might have just recalling a scene from Rambo II.  :biglaugh:
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2018, 03:54:10 PM »
If not mistaken, there was use of bows and arrows during WW II European theatre by special units and there was recorded at least 1 actual enemy kill. Will have to do some research....
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Offline mahantango

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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2018, 04:07:16 PM »
Here we go again. Google "Mad Jack" Churchill.
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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2018, 10:44:23 PM »
  Riverboat guys set fires along the river banks with flaming arrows to remove VC sniper positions.   


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Re: Old Army SF Archery video
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2018, 11:34:47 AM »
Typical Hollywood sound effects, but a good comparison of a lethal arrow..
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