British non-commissioned officers are never addressed as "Sir." [Not quite true, as a former serving soldier, i know that Warrant Officers (SNCOS) are addressed as "sir".]
Zulu Dawn (1979) - 2 corrections
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British non-commissioned officers are never addressed as "Sir." [Not quite true, as a former serving soldier, i know that Warrant Officers (SNCOS) are addressed as "sir".]
In the movie a lot is made of the unwillingness of the Quartermaster to issue ammunition and of the difficulty in opening the ammunition boxes. In fact the boxes could easily be kicked open or smashed open with a rifle butt and shortage of ammunition was not a major factor in the defeat. The Martini Henri rifles had a tendency to overheat and jam and this was much more problematic to the British. After the battle, many unworkable rifles were found abandoned. [Ammunition distribution was indeed the problem at the Battle of Isandhlwana. The Quartermaster refused to even show the messengers asking for ammunition the crates, and you can't knock a crate open with a rifle butt when you don't have it. Also consider that the average British soldier at Rorke's Drift fired 260 out of his Martini-Henry Mk. II. Lieutenant Chard's battle report did not include anything at all about Martini-Henrys jamming. While unworkable rifles were found after the battle, they were in the vast minority. The Zulus captured almost all of the rifles at Isandhlwana and they were hardly unworkable at the subsequent battle at Rorke's Drift. The Quartermaster was also afraid to distribute ammunition because he worried about being reprimanded about recklessly handing out ammunition.]
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