I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?
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.
How about the Nazi SS and members of the 3rd Crusade that almost defeated Muslim forces in the Levant?
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.
@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?
NINJA!!!
Well besides them um…… SEALS or SAS or SS
We got some good responses.
One word that makes an enemies blood run cold; Gurkha :-)
…there would be a few more
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.
Actually I think that was Arnhem. It’s been a while since I thought of that stuff.
Arnhem! My favorite battle of World War II.
GG
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.
@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
Task Force 141!!!
from call of duty
GO TASK FORCE 141!
