In the Phillipine-American war, US marines ran into a style of warrior who could put themselves into a state where they would feel no pain, and only stop fighting when their wounds caused them to keel over dead, not yield to their pain. Many of these raids would consist of Filipinos with machetes charging at American squads, being shot up but taking several marines with them because of their ability to continue ignore pain (leading eventually to the general issue status of the Colt .45 in the American army).
Go back a millennium and you'll see Norse warriors who fought with animal like ferocity. Not heeding defense, not heeding wounds, not heeding burns or the freezing cold on their often naked or half naked bodies. What my question is, could these two styles of fighting be related and if so, are they caused by the same thing?
2007-02-17 17:58:19 · 2 answers · asked by John S 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yes. Brutal fanaticism and sheer determination of will. The Moro's did indeed fight with the ferocity of the Norse Berzerkers.
Excellent observation.
2007-02-17 18:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible. There was another thing that the Moros were doing while getting themselve into that state of mind. They had bound their arms and legs tightly. They had a ritual ceremony where they danced in preperation for battle. This would move blood out to their arms and legs. The bindings were there to restrict the blood flow back into the torso. The .38 used before the .45 only poked holes in them and they kept coming. The inroduction of the .45 added knock down power to the poking of holes.
2007-02-18 02:16:00 · answer #2 · answered by eks_spurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋