Post strange weapons from history. Pic related, throwing

>>2288368
>okay obongo I have a weapon idea
>okay
>so you know axes
>...yes
>and also spears
>dingus this better not be another retarded fucking schematic
>no no seriously, right
>okay
>so axes and spears
>right
>and also axes
>right
>and we throw it
>dingus this is why we aren't kangz

>>2288416
it doesn't look like a bad idea in a place where proper armour is not that much of a thing

>>2288416
>doesn't look like a European weapon therefore completely retarded and unusable

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>>2288416
Back to /pol/

>>2288416
Slapping a bunch of weapons into one definitely sounds like an idea you'd have after too much alcohol but then again pole axes were pretty good.

>>2288416
They were made for duels and ambushes

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWsSJCTFZlw

>>2289013
neat

>>2288953
Its interesting how both this and the gladius were revolutionary in their respective settings for taking a popular concept (regular sword/spear) and modifying it to be smaller/more wieldy and centered around stabbing

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>>2288368

Anyone know good sources on African combat? I'm looking for something similar to the Medieval Fight book, a modern equivalent pertaining to African weaponry 'n shit.

>>2290427
Fucking rad.

>>2290442
There isn't really anything like that.

If you're interested in reconstructionist African martial arts then check out Da'Mon Stith and the Guild of the Silent Sword

Also worth checking out: European soldiers' journals from the various colonial wars in Africa, in particular the British conflict in Sudan, which gives some insight into how the Kaskara was used

>>2290427
Just for show, obviously, as the bone would snap like a Butterfinger after the first contact.

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The pronged spear thing is quite interesting

>>2290887
I've used the pronged spear in western Australia to spear hunt fish.

>>2288416
Is this a cringe thread?

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>>2288368
Looks decent, but what is to prevent the enemy from picking it up and hurling it back at you?

>>2290901
This. That's definitely a fishing spear.

>>2288416
i cringed. reddit tier humor

>>2290927
The fact that it would hopefully be lodged in one of them

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>>2290887
>sharp stick
>sharp stick
>stick
>stick
>stick
>protective stick
>stick with rock
>protective stick
>stick
>wide stick
>stick
>stick
>stick with additional stick enabling stick to go farther

they really knew their sticks

>>2290927
IIRC, it's meant to maximize the chances of a blade hitting flesh rather than the handle.

>>2291149
In fairness a lot of this stuff is made of ironwood which is denser than a lot of rock

>>2288822
I, for one, wouldn't want to face a bunch of people throwing a bunch of these without good armor.

>>2291177
I wonder what the next step in development would have been

>>2292007
More and more edge, until it finally turns into a chakram.

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>>2292007
This might interest you

>>2292144
Radical

>>2290452
Fucking killer frisbees mate!

>>2291197
Still a stick

>>2292007
Throwing swastika.

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There's a myth from the WW2 Eastern front saying Germans developed a weapon that could burn so much fuel that the exhausts will render all agriculture impossible in radius of 5km.

>>2292294

metal gear?!

>>2292294
What is this Tiger for? Ants killing?

>>2291149
They did exactly what they needed to do. What's the problem?