20213 - Senior Zulu Warrior with Axe K&C Vietnam War He wears a Lion’s pelt

He wears a Lion’s pelt and head over his ‘scale’ armour

On a man-for-man basis the little Gurkha is more than a match for any ‘Son of Nippon’

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Although Wayne’s men reported finding 30 to 40 dead warriors in the aftermath of the engagement

When the rest of the WW2 participants were using bolt-action rifles the GI’s had the advantage of being able to fire off an eight round clip in quick succession without having to move their hands on the rifle and disrupt their firing position and point-of-aim

20213 - Senior Zulu Warrior with Axe K&C Vietnam War He wears a Lion’s peltSenior Zulu Warrior with Axe This senior Zulu officer carries the half moon shaped Zulu axe. The iron blade was attached to a straight wooden handle and, when employed in battle, was used primarily as a two handed chopping weapon. Long and shallow in depth, the blade was designed so it could be used to hook an opponents shield exposing the defending warrior to further attack. The long handle was sturdy enough that it could block an opponents strike