Testudo against horse archers? Lmao get fucking wrecked sweating your balls off behind your shields while the enemy is having a picnic out there occasionally lobbing shit at you.
George Washington would shed a tear if he could see that Americans have been reduced to defending themselves with weapons that don't involve fire, loud bangs, and clouds of black smoke.
14 Comments
CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml · 42 pts · 2y
The horse archers thing sounds far fetched but someone literally got shot with a crossbow near my place about 3 weeks ago so who knows.
teichflamme@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
Gladius was usually worn as a backup, so you could throw a javelin and then pull it
ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 2y
That and they were used with a massive shield that was generally meant to be used in a phalanx.
Spearmen/pikemen directly behind the shield wall and if they get past the spears/pikes there's a wall of shields and gladii to deal with
skankhunt42@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Gotta love the UK
GreenMario@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 2y
Mongolian throat singing in the distance
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
Primarily0617@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
testudo is the counter to horse archers?
did nobody tell crassus?
Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
Good luck defending yourself against a spear
gullible@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y
My floor plan holds innumerable blind corners to ease my battles against belligerent spearmen. Come at me with your long stick, pleb.
SpicyPeaSoup@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y
I can hardly move a broom down my spiral staircase. My house is pretty spear-proof.
GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y
Testudo against horse archers? Lmao get fucking wrecked sweating your balls off behind your shields while the enemy is having a picnic out there occasionally lobbing shit at you.
Batmancer@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
For a mere $227.70 you can get a Condor Tactical Gladius! Act now there is only 2 left in stock apparently lol.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZHLK2YW?tag=namespacebran394-20&asc_campaign=2b5a785186b501c352c95398a3440b1b&asc_source=01GW4MT44WE425H3E57X6AJH4A&ascsubtag=srctok-f74345a1f3b82ec3&btn_ref=srctok-f74345a1f3b82ec3
Wage_slave@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Does this fucker even trebuchet?
RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 2y
I own a trebuchet for home defense, because that is what the founding fathers intended.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
George Washington would shed a tear if he could see that Americans have been reduced to defending themselves with weapons that don't involve fire, loud bangs, and clouds of black smoke.