Yet Another Reason I Keep One Around
Not only is a great prop for models, and one of the few lethal weapons no one seems to mind you walking around with, but it is handy in case of Nazis.
Wiki: "(Jack) Churchill resumed his commission after Poland was invaded. In May 1940 Churchill and his unit, the Manchester Regiment, ambushed a German patrol near L'Epinette, France. Churchill gave the signal to attack by cutting down the enemy Feldwebel (sergeant) with a barbed arrow, becoming the only British soldier known to have felled an enemy with alongbow in WWII.[7] After fighting at Dunkirk, he volunteered for theCommandos."
2 Comments:
Yowza!
"Were you in the war?"
"Yup."
"See any action?"
"Yup. Killed a Jerry with a bow and arrow. CO made a bit of a fuss about it."
Full marks, sir, full marks.
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