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Fantastic read...didn't know much about this topic but have always been interested to learn after watching Zulu! A fantastic movie!
Makes me proud I'M Welsh,who else could out sing the ZULUS
I tried to put the badge of the Borders on my siggy but ran out of room. Proud history, read about a suicidal charge in India I believe.
"If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!"
Amen to that.Originally Posted by sparks
I do believe that even thought it was a Welsh regiment, most of the soldiers were in fact English. Also, the sequel Zulu Dawn is more accurate in terms of weapons and uniforms. I don't think the defenders at Rourke's Drift had bolt action rifles at all
"We attack tomorrow under cover of daylight"
"Daylight sir?"
"Yes it's the last thing they'll be expecting, a daylight charge over the minefield"
True, the uniforms in Zulu Dawn were more accurate then in Zulu (the helmets were stained tanned rather then the white helmets in Zulu). As for the rifles, I think the producer ran out of Martini-Henry's and had to improvise.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.
Are you saying that in "Zulu" there were bolt action rifles? I have the dvd and have seen it many times and the rifles were clearly Martini-Henrys. Maybe I missed some bolt actions somehow.
Well, that's what I've heard, but I could be wrong.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.
Well, "Zulu" is one of my favorite all time movies(saw it onscreen, had a video tape and now have a dvd) and I am a gun nut(have a No. One Ruger which has a similar action to the Martini) and I don't recall a bolt action.
Okay, I'll take your word for it, haven't seen the movie in awhile, probably should go out and buy it.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- Winston Churchill.
I have to agree with ren. I don't remember seeing any bolt-actions in the film.
"If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!"
Yeah, I recall they were all Martini-Henrys, with that trapdoor/rolling block single shot action.
Didn't remember any bolt actions. Don't think the Brits got into them until the 1890s and the first Lee-Enfields.
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