What was the point of curved swords? They were completely useless against armor and it's not like Asia and Middle East didn't have armored warriors.
What was the point of curved swords...
Julian Ortiz
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Dylan Martin
they were easier to make
Connor Green
>What was the point of curved swords? They were completely useless against armor
So are straight swords. Curved swords were adopted by the Middle East after the Turkics and Mongols came in. Curved swords are suited very well to cavalry, since they're so good at cutting.
Brayden Diaz
>So are straight swords
wrong
Nolan Ross
>If I turn it around and use it like a hammer it's a good sword
Just get a fucking hammer
Bentley Brooks
Great swords and the idea of half-swording is a late medieval invention. For 90% of the Medieval period, straight swords were completely useless against armor. Curved blades have their merits, as can be seen by the entire East suddenly adopting them for some reason. Straight swords have their merits as well. You'll find that the more cavalry-oriented East found much greater use out of them. Indeed, what do you see 18th century and Napoleonic cavalry using as primary weapons? Curved.Swords.
John Foster
you see those warriors from the Middle East? they have curved swords. curved. swords.
Joshua Edwards
Retard here, what is the point of curved swords in general? The occasional scimitar is cool in games, but, why?
Parker Collins
>completely ignoring the guy who tries to stab the other one in the visor
retard
Aiden Evans
to kill infidels