fullonforce (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

lol CS Bourne - SIR!!!

flower150 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

You have a point BATTERJ2, but this is far more complicated than it first appears. At the barracades it is unlikely that they had a discussion about who was going to shoot whom, so there is every possibility that one Zulu went down with 10 rounds in him. The bullet deflecting effect of salt immersion has not, to my knowledge, been field tested by the British army. Add to that, the British were jolly good shots, one bullet in every 10,000 was made of silver, and there you have it! OK?

batterj2 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

But if they covered themselves in salt like you said that wasn't possible or at best would mean it would equate to one bullet per killed Zulu...

flower150 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

Ah! BATTERJ2 to compensate for misses, there is also the possibility that some of the bullets killed two or more zulus.

batterj2 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

There is also the possibility that not every bullet met its target....

Wotan420 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

You sure this wasn't the Long Island Walmart on Black Friday?

flower150 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

Before a battle the Zulus used to lie down in pits and cover themselves with salt. This thickened and hardened their skin to such an extent that it would turn away a bullet. That's why we used 19,000 bullets but didn't kill 19,000 Zulus. Not a lot of people know that.

IZV12 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

dude thier so dumb they just stood there and got shot

socarulz (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

No he means Wales did not exist back then. Wales was not a country ever since the 1500s, when it was annexed by England and became a county of England. So any "Welsh" regiments were officialy English.

mickykay1 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

british not english get your facts right paddy