Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHow effective were spears back in the day? Kind of seems flimsy with just a metal tip and a long body. Why not just target the the wooden part and it's done. How did they last so long?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down18
arrow-up1-4arrow-down1message-squareHow effective were spears back in the day? Kind of seems flimsy with just a metal tip and a long body. Why not just target the the wooden part and it's done. How did they last so long?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19linkfedilink
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYou were originally asking why spears hung on so long as a military weapon. Battles were not one on one duels. To ignore this seems to be fishing for some kind of answer that intentionally ignores the historical context.
You were originally asking why spears hung on so long as a military weapon. Battles were not one on one duels. To ignore this seems to be fishing for some kind of answer that intentionally ignores the historical context.