Old Army SF Archery video

[WVFarrier]

I found this while parousing youtube.  Kind of amusing

https://youtu.be/eOM4IQjQtM4

[Terry Green]

I love the part where it shows the guns not penetrating but the broad headed Arrow does. That's a great testimony

[Hud]

Interesting video. Thanks.

[Dave Rice]

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.

[Sam McMichael]

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?

[RedRidge]

I saw this one some time ago. Pretty neat piece of history. Thanks for posting!

[onemississipp]

 
What a great video!

[Cmane07]

Man if I could get my hands on some of those explosive heads, I would be in business

[fnshtr]

I enjoyed that. Thanks for posting!

[shamus275]

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. 

[Birdbow]

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....

[mahantango]

Here we go again. Google "Mad Jack" Churchill.

[Deno]

  Riverboat guys set fires along the river banks with flaming arrows to remove VC sniper positions.   


Deno

[LIGHTNING STRIKE]

Typical Hollywood sound effects, but a good comparison of a lethal arrow..