As I recall from the movie, when Longstreet says to him, "You people had your own civil war, didn’t you?’ Fremantle opens his reponse with a breezy, “Oh, that.” Funny line, nicely delivered by the actor.
History's Best Elite Fighting Force
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I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?
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Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.
They were also skilled at melee if necessary.
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How about the Nazi SS and members of the 3rd Crusade that almost defeated Muslim forces in the Levant?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,Vietnam%E2%80%93_Studies_and_Observations_Group :)
But I agree with Crusader. Though I would argue those are some of the ‘coolest’ but not necessarily the ‘best’
Spanish Blue Division, And Dirlewanger Divisions, get shout out’s for sure too.
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@ABWorsham:
I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?
It’s the eternal question, yo.
NINJAS or PIRATES?
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NINJA!!!
Well besides them um…… SEALS or SAS or SS
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We got some good responses.
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One word that makes an enemies blood run cold; Gurkha :-)
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- Gideon
- Spartans
- Praetorian Guard
- 5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“
- Division Brandenburg
- GSG9
- Russian Spetsnaz GRU
- Mossad
- Légion étrangère French Foreign Legion
- U.S. Navy Seals
- U.S. Rangers
…there would be a few more
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I always admired the British paratroopers under (Col.?) Frost covering the last bridge in Operation Market Garden. I think it was the 6th Airborne, maybe at Neijmegen (sp, for sure)?
The book A Bridge Too Far recounts very well what they went through.
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Actually I think that was Arnhem. It’s been a while since I thought of that stuff.
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Arnhem! My favorite battle of World War II.
GG
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Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.
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@CWO:
Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.
ouch
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Task Force 141!!!
from call of duty -
GO TASK FORCE 141!
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