Most Chinamen on /his/ maintain the Chinese had pikemen, yet

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>>419476
I...did show a picture of Chinese pike usage. It wasn't in rigid formations like in Europe though due to a more mobile form of war fought in China/Steppes.

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>>419476
Even the shorter spear types were pretty long.

>>419476
>>419488
/thread

>>419488
>>419496
Those are not being used

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>>419530

>>419540
>cannot produce pictures of pikes in use
>buttrumpled Chinaman

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>>419476
>>419558
Chinese and Japanese pirates fighting.

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>>419530
It is still period evidence contrary to the Wuxia wishywashy way Chinese popular culture depicts spear usage.

While IRL, it was used pretty much as anywhere else. Since you know, its a pretty effective tactic at keeping cunts at bay.

Even irregular Chinese military entities such as the hodgepodge volunteer army Qi Jiguang gathered for his 1560's anti-pirate did pikes.

>>419560
That looks pretty extreme

>>419562
uuh doesn't count they are on like boats or something
nya nya
t. op

>>419566
>buttrumpled Chinaman

>>419566
wrongtquoted
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>>419560

>>419488
>>419496
>>419560
>>419562

These are some really shitty pics. Are there any contemporary illustrations?

>>419578
Do you mean contemporary for the ancient chinese or for us? It's shitty because they're contemporary for the period. Chinese art wasn't known for its mastery of realism.

>>419530
So, what do you think they were just hauling them around for the fun of it?

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>>419578
More "contemporary" art for the Ming.

>>419585
u r already baited

>>419609
>>419578
>>419562
They're supposed to be mass printed for military manuals, quality ain't the focus here

>>419488
Scythes =/= pikes

>>419488
>>419496
Those are scythes. The second image is of the scythes being held sideways. The Chinese DID NOT use pikes.

Did I walk into some dank fresh meme?

>>419560
This is a screenshot from Takeshi's Castle retard

>>419578
>Are there any contemporary illustrations?

I'm afraid the Chinese millitary no longer uses pike formations

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U wot? One of the traditional northern kung fu weapons is a pike.

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>>420284
It's generally called a Ji, unless it's from the song dynasty. The song called some of their spears Ji. I dont know if they had pike formations but they certainly used "sharp thing on a stick"

>>420303
this looks exactly like the type of pikes that europeans used too

>>420284
That is not a pike.

>>420303
That is not a pike, it is a dagger axe

>>420024
>>420271
>>419609
>>419585

>All of these excuses by Chinamen who cannot produce a single modern illustration of pikes being used in ancient China