ARROWS FOR NAZIS
HOME GUARD'S SCHEME If a Nazi parachutist should ever land at a certain village near Grimsby, England's biggest fishing centre, he is likely to be greeted with an arrow. When Mr. John Davey goes on patrol as a Home Guard platoon conunander he carries how and arrows in addition to a revolver. As archery champion of the north of England he holds that a bow would be an effective weapon in some circumstances even in modern war. "Think," he said, "of the effect on a , group of Germans if one of them suddenly dropped with an arrow through him They would have no idea where Ihe arrow came from. They would be terrified." Mr. Davey estimates that an arrow would "get its man" at 200 yards, although for practical purposes a shorter range would be necessary. "I should be pretty sure of a hit at 50 yards, he said. "At 35 yards an arrow would be deadly."
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1940, Page 3
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