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The face of warfare is constantly changing. The basic see-saw is between Cavalry and Artillery on one side -- armaments that require large, central authorities to purchase (armored knights, chariots, seige engines, tanks, missiles, bombers, etc.), and Infantry on the other -- armaments that are more "democratic", that can be purchased and employed by "yeomen" (longbows, rifles, swords, RPGs, etc.).
Between Crecy and WWI, Infantry, armed with the longbow, then the rifle, dominated the battlefield. Since WWI, Cavalry and Artillery (bombers and missiles are essentially long-range artillery) have dominated the battlefield. Some will put the fulcrum as late as WWII and some will put it as early as the War of Defense against Northern Agression Better RPGs (to defeat tanks) and low-cost stand-off delivery systems (to replace Artillery) could tilt the balance back to Infantry. |
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Well, let's see...
First there was the stick, which eventually was made into the sharp pointy stick, which then was later made into the spear and so on, and so on Gladius was a nice simplistic design, but it wouldn't have got that far withought the big ass roman shield Gunpowder, very nice invention lots of things came out of that Personally I really dislike guns, it's a dishonorable weapon, only takes a monkey with one finger to shoot a gun. Plus you don't get to hack apart your enemies. I think a bow and arrow should be it for distance combat. |
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