Weapons sperging general

Krises all the way dude
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Sikh weapons are badass as well
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While I don't think the Bamburgh Sword was Arondight, I do think it's modeled after a Roman spatha. The 7th century was a really big time for those sort of swords being produced in imitation of the Spatha.

Oddly enough, the dude who found it didn't recognize it's value and kept it until his death in his garage.
 
Swords and other blades are cool, but I'll take a good firearm over a blade any day. Luckily I live in the United fucking States where I can own damn near anything I want, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and armed tanks if I want to jump through all the hoops.
 
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The Dude said:
Swords and other blades are cool, but I'll take a good firearm over a blade any day. Luckily I live in the United fucking States where I can own damn near anything I want, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and armed tanks if I want to jump through all the hoops.
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Yeah, that's very much true. The first rifles killed the knight as a military unit, and these weren't even in the realm of the death-dealers we have today.
 
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Tranhuviya said:
Yeah, that's very much true. The first rifles killed the knight as a military unit, and these weren't even in the realm of the death-dealers we have today.
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Firearms didn't really completely kill knights until people realized it's way cheaper to arm some peasants with matchlocks and pikes than armor up your nobles. Good armor could usually reliably stop one or two shots.
 
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Cavalry wore armor till the first world war
The firearm was an incredible change when you figured the training was low and fast and it was almost as good as most bows (not proper long bows for a long period of time)
Also the whole idea of you can get 500 peasants you can't really get 500 knights at the drop of a hat.
I think people also forget for a long time cannons were used along with pre musket/matchlock armies. You did have knights in full suits charging in after a few balls got lobbed into the enemy formation.
Then you had stuff like pike and shot before we converted over to socket bayonets and everyone having a firearm.

It may be a sword sperg but... someone needs to say it. clips aren't magazines.

Fullers have nothing to do with blood and I cringe when I hear blood groove.
 
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Abethedemon said:
Sword breakers anyone?
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From what I've seen and read from Fechtbuchern, these were more for catching swords than breaking them- civilian weapons were designed to put up with quite a bit of abuse, and a fighter's offhand would be unlikely to break such a sword.

As for them breaking rapiers, I can't really say for sure- they're thinner and indeed prone to shattering, but I have yet to see a swordbreaker in action.
 
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I have a baseball bat. It makes fun TING noises when I hit shit with it.
 
A few of my favorite unusual historical guns. None of them were world-changing successes, but the ideas were there. And also they just look damn cool. :jace:
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Dudeofteenage said:
Apaches FTW

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AFK the only gun/blade weapon that ever actually saw widespread use.
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It wasn't so much that it was used, just carried by a number of Apache gang members. From what was said they were very impractical and were mainly used to intimidate.
 
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The Dude said:
Swords and other blades are cool, but I'll take a good firearm over a blade any day. Luckily I live in the United fucking States where I can own damn near anything I want, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and armed tanks if I want to jump through all the hoops.
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Yeah, a longsword would be no match compared to say a shotgun. Speaking of weapons though, I have an interest in looking up weapons found in other ethnic groups and countries. There are interesting designs they have such as the Polish Koncerz, a sword use for jousting than on foot battle.
 
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Yeah, a longsword would be no match compared to say a shotgun. Speaking of weapons though, I have an interest in looking up weapons found in other ethnic groups and countries. There are interesting designs they have such as the Polish Koncerz, a sword use for jousting than on foot battle.
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With blades vs. firearms there is something called the "21 Foot Rule". Basically it boils down to if you have a pistol in it's holster and you're facing off with a bad guy with a blade in his hands, if he's closers than 21 feet from you he will be able to charge you can cut/stab you with his blade before you have time to draw your sidearm, aim, and fire. If you are further away than 21 feet you should have time to draw, aim, and shoot the bad guy.

Any firearm, even a .22 pistol, has a distinct range advantage over any kind of edged weapon. Even having a .22 target pistol is better than having any kind of blade, even glorious Nippon steel Katana, so long as distance is on your side. No one can outrun a bullet.
 
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