Why there were no commandos in the middle ages? People were too retarded to realise capturing intel and fucking with supply lines is a good idea? No wonder they used swords and axes (worst weapons in history) unironically.
>>2079250
A lack of explosives would make disruption of lines by a small group much more difficult
>>2079256
Then just use fire lmao.
>>2079250
But there were
We have written evidence of them being used as far back as the siege of Troy
>>2079304
Troy didn't exist daft nigger loving homo.
>>2079311
no u
>>2079250
>t. I haven't read The Art Of War
>>2079250
>>2079270
OP wanted an ancient commando thread and knows that the best way to start a thread is to invite /his/fags to a discussion is to provide them with an opportunity to flex their knowledge of /his/tory.
I see you OP.
>>2079311
NO U
Even if it didn't existed, the usage of commandos was depicted in the Illiad so even if it was just a fairy tell I'm pretty sure that they had a irl equivalent
>>2079324
>getting reverse baited
>>2079327
>Biting into my bait THIS hard
You can't make this poo up
>>2079337
no u
>>2079250
Of course there were. In fact, the Reconquista and the Hundred Years War were centred on hit-and-run strategies by light cavalry.
One of the reasons for the French defeat in Agincourt was that the force tasked with flanking the English instead raided their camp and supplies.