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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:19:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gladius, spears, shield, trained group of men that can do a phalanx formation well, yeah, you could fvck some rioters up. One untrained guy, nahhhhhh. Where are the Roman Legions when you need them? Good point on the shields and having a formation. A coordinated small group can accomplish a lot - if they are disciplined and trained. The same is true for a bunch of guys with spears as for a rifle team. Sure, the rifle team is much more deadly with modest training, but to be really effective, the team has to know how to operate as a group. It's sad but true, if you don't have a standoff weapon (ie: a rifle or handgun to give you some distance), a group of 10 year olds could pelt you to death with rocks. That would be one of the cases where the smartest move is to vacate the area (ie: run!) and find a more favorable place to make your stand, and just get the hell out of there. Other times, guys that are well experienced will close the distance, to where your opponent's range would not help them. Against any group of opponents, a firearm is the best protection, but many people may need other options, whether due to local laws or circumstance. |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:20:07 PM EDT
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I'll take a rooty tooty point and shooty with a great big pew pew holder.
The nerds can keep their Chinesium swords and gas station knives. |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:21:56 PM EDT
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Absurd. A sword with no shield is foolish. The shield provides the cover while you poke them with the gladius betweengst the legs.
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:22:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Absurd. A sword with no shield is foolish. The shield provides the cover while you poke them with the gladius betweengst the legs. Finally 
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:23:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm curious, how many in gd have actually practiced sword fighting and know what there talking about? What kind of sword fighting? I think we have some that are quite skilled in certain styles. 
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:25:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What kind of sword fighting? I think we have some that are quite skilled in certain styles. From the answers, some sound like they have experience and some sound like they watch to many movies
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Posted: 6/3/2020 5:43:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll take a rooty tooty point and shooty with a great big pew pew holder. The nerds can keep their Chinesium swords and gas station knives. I would have given you points if you’d included made in Pakistan or Klingon |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:07:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I would have given you points if you'd included made in Pakistan or Klingon I was going to mention Klingons but I didn't know how to spell bat'leth without Googling it. |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:17:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:20:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was going to mention Klingons but I didn't know how to spell bat'leth without Googling it. 
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:21:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI'd be more afraid of hurting myself using one of those
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:27:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Make Phalanxs Great Again Not wrong. Big shields and short swords in tight groups can be effective against most simply armed groups. |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 6:47:22 PM EDT
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IMO a short spear would be a better choice of weapon for most encounters of that type.
A cutting spearhead would be best, but even just a hardened & sharpened stick is effective. "Your Honor, I tried to explain to the young gentlemen that I have to carry this walking stick because of my bad knee, but they started hitting me with bricks, so I hit them back." |
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Posted: 6/3/2020 7:29:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/3/2020 8:30:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1 Viking vs hundreds of Englishmen because he held the only bridge lol https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/the-violent-1066-battle-of-stamford-bridge/ Publius Horatius did it 1600 years before Stamford. A swordsman in a narrow hall/bridge or bottleneck can really fuck shit up. Melee weapons are absolutely still useful in the right situation. Charging into a crowd, in an open space, with no backup isn’t that. |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 4:54:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Publius Horatius did it 1600 years before Stamford. A swordsman in a narrow hall/bridge or bottleneck can really fuck shit up. Melee weapons are absolutely still useful in the right situation. Charging into a crowd, in an open space, with no backup isn’t that. Agreed |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 11:41:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good point on the shields and having a formation. A coordinated small group can accomplish a lot - if they are disciplined and trained. The same is true for a bunch of guys with spears as for a rifle team. Sure, the rifle team is much more deadly with modest training, but to be really effective, the team has to know how to operate as a group. It's sad but true, if you don't have a standoff weapon (ie: a rifle or handgun to give you some distance), a group of 10 year olds could pelt you to death with rocks. That would be one of the cases where the smartest move is to vacate the area (ie: run!) and find a more favorable place to make your stand, and just get the hell out of there. Other times, guys that are well experienced will close the distance, to where your opponent's range would not help them. Against any group of opponents, a firearm is the best protection, but many people may need other options, whether due to local laws or circumstance. Or, attack! They can't be picking up rocks and pelting you, if they are running for their lives. |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 11:47:53 AM EDT
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No weapon will protect you from a 360 degree mob of people.
Individuals are prey. Period. |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 11:52:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's a good point. Have any of the non-firearm weapons worked in these riots? Other than bricks vs cringing helpless unarmed non-combatants. Or trying to look menacing to get a reaction? |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 12:05:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/4/2020 12:06:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A couple dudes with rifles backed up by a couple dudes with polearms would be pretty badass. Getting shot sucks but you can’t vusualize it like you can a spear to the gut or a halberd swipe to the knees. Get b  Attached Fileoth |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 12:29:55 PM EDT
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I'd imagine a guy who knows how to use a sword can fuck some shit up with it.
I'd also imagine it helps of you have someone to keep the bad buys from braining you from behind. |
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Posted: 6/4/2020 2:21:25 PM EDT
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My brother beat two men nearly to death using the back side of an axe. He saved a friends life in the process. If you're down to melee weapons you better be committed to the cause.
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Posted: 6/4/2020 2:55:01 PM EDT
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There is a certain lack of un ringing the bell, when a concrete ballbat is your striker
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Posted: 6/4/2020 10:48:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My brother beat two men nearly to death using the back side of an axe. He saved a friends life in the process. If you're down to melee weapons you better be committed to the cause. I actually think that's really the key. Even when some people are about to die, they aren't committed to the death of those killing them. And yet, even when certain to die, others are committed to the death of others up to and after that last heartbeat. |
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