Like I get the technology difference between the two was huge, but from my understanding the Zulu fought in symmetrical ways (Ie army against army) which was in part what led to their defeat as they were unwilling to embrace guerilla warfare which might have made them more successful with their lower levels of technology.
Does the technological imbalance between the Zulu and the British alone classify it as an asymmetric? Or was the fact that both sides fought in a symmetrical style make it an example of symmetrical warfare?
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