The Zulu army from King Shaka's time onwards were disciplined and brutal conquerors (1). It wasn't purely about honour for them. Also, Isandlwana in 1879 is A

The Zulu army from King Shaka's time onwards were disciplined and brutal conquerors (1). It wasn't purely about honour for them. Also, Isandlwana in 1879 is AFAIK the last significant battle where a force whose main weapon was guns, was defeated by a force largely without them. (2) See also, a few years later in 1884, the Maxim gun (3) which tilted the odds even further. 1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impi#Ascent_and_innovations_of_Shaka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impi#Ascent_and_innovations_of... 2) "The Battle of Isandlwana remains the British Army’s worst-ever defeat against a native enemy whose military weaponry was not nearly as technologically advanced as their own." https://explorethearchive.com/battle-of-isandlwana https://explorethearchive.com/battle-of-isandlwana 3) "the first fully automatic machine gun"" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun