The ‘Silent Warriors’, a Special Forces Unit in 1961

In certain situations, nothing can match the power and accuracy of a bow. Just ask Rambo, or watch this short video of a U.S. Army Special Forces unit from Utah called “Silent Warriors” from 1961. This unit is unique in that it used a recurve hunting bow as a weapon of unconventional warfare. These bows could strike with swift silence from distances of up to about 50 yards. Recurve bows are accurate in the hands of a skilled archer, and very powerful, even those models shown in this video from the 1960s! O