View Single Post
  #43  
Old 04-12-2018, 04:31 AM
Targan's Avatar
Targan Targan is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 3,736
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChalkLine View Post
There a picture in WW2 of an Australian soldier with a bren gun literally chopping a palm tree to bits to deal with a sniper.
Not much maneuverability when you're stuck up in a tree
The Japanese had a very different mindset though. They'd leave stay-behind guys literally roped into the tree tops. They weren't expected to survive very long, just take out a bunch of the enemy before death.
__________________
"It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
Reply With Quote