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Mumpy Puffinz posted:depends if your riding a horse or not
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sebmojo posted:It would suck to be killed with a sword, seemingly to an equal degree regardless of its level of curvature? Imho anyway I'm not a expert hmm idk, you'd want to be hit by the curved sword, not the straight sword the curved sword will be a cleaner cut, less blunt force, and unlikely to pierce and drag organs through one another a curved sword fees the user's momentum to continue forward through the strike, mitigating inertia (for both attacker and victim). it's for attacking on the go. the straight sword is for stabbing and/or killing. theres a reason the romans used otherwise-inferior stabby swords -- the people stabbed by them eventually died, almost always. probably slowly. all things considered you would 100% want to get hit by a scimitar, not skewered on a rapier thank you for coming to my ded talk
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Oct 24, 2021 16:45
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just get a shield and all of a sudden all these sword lame-os crying to their archers
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Oct 24, 2021 16:47
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blight rhino posted:i dunno, i may prefer a tiny stab hole all the way through my arm versus a curvy sword lopping it off, or at least cutting to the bone. that tiny stab hole in your arm means your arm has to be amputated you'll want the curved sword for that part 
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Oct 24, 2021 17:25
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though falx > all the only weapon so dangerous that the romans changed their soldiers' kit to defend against it it would be appropriate to say: birds' beak swords are better than curved swords
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Oct 24, 2021 17:27
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fun fact: most peasant rebellions and successful anti-imperial hegemonies ended up winning battles against heavy armored opponents by virtue of weapons that reached AROUND shields i.e. the falx. the peasant flail. the longbow. the goedendag. the peasant flail in particular is very easy to make. take a long stick and short stick. string em together like nunchucks. hit people with the short stick, dramatically sped up by the large stick. this short stick goes arrrrround someone's shield to smack them in the back of the head. against an armored opponent ->> curve forward against an unarmored slave and/or 18th century US marine 4000 miles from home ->> curve backward against a rebellion or otherwise finite army that cannot resupply ->> straight swords / death by sepsis and infection but who the gently caress wouldn't want to use a polearm instead theres a reason pikes took over swords are loving stupid PICTURED: SWORDS VS SENSIBLE PEOPLE USING POLEARMS 
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Oct 24, 2021 17:37
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ChunTheUnavoidable posted:I see they’re using the “leaves-on” pikes its called a "wolf's brush" and its exactly what it looks like it aint stupid if it works
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Oct 24, 2021 17:49
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what i dont understand is why the khopesh fell out of use it seems to be the best of both words: sword and axe i guess the curve is way too pronounced and it breaks easy or something maybe its really hard to make idk
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Oct 24, 2021 17:56
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Roumba posted:While I could be misremembering something I read a decade ago, I want to say that around the Napoleonic wars, the English (or someone who was in a coliltion with them at the time?) had assigned a whole cadre of officers/doctors to figure out why the French cavalry seemed more deadly than their own. So, a near-official commission, but hush-hush unofficial for morale you know) gathered a whole bunch of first-hand reports of enemy cavalry attacks and also engagements by their own mounted troops. The final report noted that while their own force's cavalry (mainly armed with curved swords and trained to cut and slash with them) did indeed cause a great deal of bloody and grevious-looking wounds, the French cavalry (mostly using straight, thrusting blades) caused more casualties and inflicted higher proportion of fatal wounds. english cavalry: SABER AND GLORY!!!! french (mixed) cavalry: wtf, they are using sabers? jesus christ. alright, well, get out the old curiassess and lances from the 100 years war. turns out min/maxing is good in war
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Oct 26, 2021 14:18
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Roumba posted:While I could be misremembering something I read a decade ago, I want to say that around the Napoleonic wars, the English (or someone who was in a coliltion with them at the time?) had assigned a whole cadre of officers/doctors to figure out why the French cavalry seemed more deadly than their own. So, a near-official commission, but hush-hush unofficial for morale you know) gathered a whole bunch of first-hand reports of enemy cavalry attacks and also engagements by their own mounted troops. The final report noted that while their own force's cavalry (mainly armed with curved swords and trained to cut and slash with them) did indeed cause a great deal of bloody and grevious-looking wounds, the French cavalry (mostly using straight, thrusting blades) caused more casualties and inflicted higher proportion of fatal wounds. curved swords require significantly better metallurgy than hard point swords (which break easy) curved are definitely stronger if you wanted a sword for life you'd buy a curved one.
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Oct 26, 2021 14:23
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that thing is for taking live captives its not a sword
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Oct 26, 2021 14:40
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