>In West Papua many hill tribesmen go into battle against Indonesian forces dressed in their traditional garb and fight with spear and bow & arrow
Brave or stupid?
>>32655119
Yes
>>32655119
That wooden M16 handguard was prolly made from the sams cock sheath as the guy in the middle
>>32655119
bows and arrows are still effective for standard infantry engagements in the jungle (Where engagements can sometimes take place in less than 300 meters), especially if your men are lacking proper arms. Once you kill them and secure the area, you can steal their equipment for your men. The Chinese Red Army did this against the Nationalist Army with Spearmen.
>>32655690
Bows don't need a silencer either.
>>32655119
some nigerian guy gneral bucknaked would go into battle with nothing but his ak and his leather shoes he belived being naked gave him powers also he won a lot of wars so yeah there personal belife might help them
Indonesian Army is nothing more than state-sponsored thugs. Stealing native's land in the name of pancasila. Just look the genocide the Indonesian done in Aceh, Timor Leste and West Papua.
>>32656426
>genocide the Indonesian done in Aceh, Timor Leste and West Papua.
Who cares
>>32656483
the people of Aceh, Timor Leste, and West Papua i'd assume
>>32656548
I wouldn't exactly call them "people"
>>32656616
that's because you're an asshole.
>>32656548
>>32656616
many of those tribes are/were headhunters and necrophiliacs, so...
>>32656616
>Indonesians
>people
Why not a bow that launches grenades? They could use the bow as a cudgel if the enemy got too close.
>>32656380
General Butt Naked actually, he would sacrifice children and eat their hearts as well. Quite the character, pic related.
i love the warfare these hill tribes have.
before they got civilised, they used to do ritualistic warfare with bows and spears. this was more about honour and intimidation than killing, so you would only fight on a specific day when it's sunny, if it started raining you'd make peace and go home. tribes were friendly, but when time for war came they'd start fighting, and when it ended they were friends again.
here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BzqwOBneC4&t=1s
it's cool as fuck
now that guns have been introduced it's changed. back in the day a spear or arrow that hit you would hurt you but you probably wouldn't die, but now guns are there there's a 99% chance you will die if you get shot in the chest. some people still choose to use bows and machetes when fighting for more honour.
in your OP post the people are brave. they are fighting traditionally as they used to against new, modern military forces, it requires balls to fight like that.
Nugget.
>>32658889
it looks like theyre playing hardcore dodgeball
>>32658940
european tribes used to fight this way for thousands of years before Christianity came along. pretty cool
/r/ more tribal warfare stuff
>>32655163
fpbp
>>32656426
The Indons pretty much left the abos alone. The jungle hell was too much, and Indons have enough jungles elsewhere. They invaded because CIA told them Papuans were turning Commie if they get independence from Portugal. Australia is meddling there because it feels it needs a buffer zone and abos for cannon fodder should Indons will invade Australua in the next million years or so (never).