What were the use of large swords?

>>1627452
What was the use of bows?

Assume that you don't have arrows.

>>1627511
People did carry something like a zweihander into battlefields, right?

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>>1627518
yes, they were mostly used for breaking up pike formations. They were large more for cutting through massed pikes than for cutting through armored enemies in a duel. There are some reports of zweihanders being used as anticalvalry weapons, as well, but I don't know as much about that

>>1627656
Yeah. Sorry. Maybe my writing skills suck. The topic should be "What were the use of a large sword in battlefields? Its advantages and disadvantages compare to polearms and longsword, arming sword?".

>>1627871
People are suspicious of weapon threads because they're generally veiled "remind me why this weapon sucks" threads.

>>1627452
What the fuck is your definition of large sword?

>>1627452
to break the ennemy by slashing in the ennemy group and then your mate would exploit this breach

>>1627871

It's essentially a polearm. For battlefield purposes.

Dragons.

If you have a large penis you want an equally large sword so that everyone knows you have a large penis.

>>1627656
>they were mostly used for breaking up pike formations.
Now thats bullshit and you know you do not have a single source for this.

>>1627656
there's no way you could cut a pike with a sword of any size and you know it.

>>1632282
>implying you have to cut pikes in half just to break up a formation

>>1632305
Hotdog or bust

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>>1632305