Deadliest Warrior

[Lachlan09]

Is that the TV series where the ex-SF guy learns about various warrior cultures and goes through his paces with experts in their fighting methods ? I kind of thought it was a case of that he was real ex-SF, but they are only re-enactors. Imagine if they teleported real warriors to fight against !

If you read Donald Morris' book "The Washing Of The Spears", it has a good account of Shaka’s life. He certainly wasn’t the forgiving type ! The way he encouraged his warriors to go barefooted is pretty severe ! The book title refers to a Zulu rite of passage - to bloody the spears in battle.

That reminds me, can you remember which Scottish regiments took part in the Zulu War ?

I remember the 21st RSF, 91st Argyllshire Hldrs and the 99th Lanarkshire. I can't remember if the 90th Perthshire LI were there ?