If you had to kill a bear with a melee weapon, what weapon would

Spear. I'd spear it.

>>34530663
What part would you aim for?

>>34530665
center mass I'd imagine, lungs/heart

>>34530665
The bear.

>>34530663
Same, spears are the most enlightened melee weapon.
>>34530665
Probably the chest

I'd use a fucking Urumi, death by a thousand cuts.

>>34530663
This is actually probably the best answer. Locking the spear against the ground or something is about the only way you're going to generate enough force/leverage to penetrate the bear's hide enough to kill it. Nobody in here better name any kind of slashing weapon.

You might be able to smash it's head in with a big made it hammer, but I think the spear would be more reliable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMz_Z0Xq-2I

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>>34530674

>>34530685
>>34530679
whats your designated shitting street called?

>>34530660
>Attack a bear with a melee weapon
Well since I'm clearly insane

>Weapon
22" Chainsaw with some sort of nigger-rigged homemade flamethrower attachment, (max eff. range 5')

>Plan of attack
Bonzai charge

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>>34530777
>Bonzai
Good luck with that.

>>34530663
Thick spear, this is definitely the thinking man's answer.

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>>34530660
Pole-axe

A car

>>34530660
Something with reach. Previous anons have said spear and poleaxe, which are both good options. I would either go with those or a sledgehammer.

Anything with reach that I could swing or thrust with a lot of force. I'll most likely have only one real shit at not dying anyway, so I ought to put it all in one swing or thrust.

>>34530660
Halberd, obviously

>>34530663
You're not going far enough. You want a spear with a fucking axe on the end as well, that way you can just sorta whack the fucker with a pointy bit.

Halberds are basically the swiss army knife of "melee" weapons. You've got pointy bits, sharp bits and hard bits.

>>34530806
This guy knows.

Bayonet with attached 7.62mm rifle. If the bayonet fails I can always club it to death with the sturdy wooden stock.

If the muzzle of the rifle is in contact with the bear's body, do the bullets count as a melee weapon since they're not technically projectiles anymore?

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>>34530880
forgot pic

>>34530660
Spear. Try to hit the flank if possible. Most likely it would be hard to dig in deep enough to kill it quickly. However, you will have standoff from the sharp parts of the bear. Then just hang on for dear life and keep trying to drive the spear deeper.

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>>34530856
The good thing about a spear compared to a sledgehammer is that you can simply plant the rear end of it into the ground and keep the point pointed at the bear.

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>>34530660
Well this is what i will have inna woods with me today. Probably just smack it as hard as i can in the head with the axe side

That Russian bang stick they used on the rear half of the bus. Otherwise, a long chainsaw

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>>34530660
>In the Slavic countries it was known as a rogatina and used since at least the 12th century. Russian chronicles first mention its use as a military weapon in 1149, and as a hunting weapon in 1255, though it was used by Prince Daniel of Galicia in boar hunting

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Spontoon is the most correct answer.

>>34531096
Hilt (or whatever that bit is called) on that thing would hinder penetration. Bears have unbelievably thick hides, my mulatto.

>>34531123
>a bears hide is a foot thick
Golly, the more you know.

>>34530920
Yea, but will a wooden shaft spear take that mass? We're talking an animal many timers heavier than a horse and probably a lot more dense.

>>34531123
That's the point. Keeps the bear from running themselves through and eating you.

>>34530674
Fucker I finally cleaned my laptop, now you made me spew coffee on it while laughing.

https://youtu.be/vVR4wFtRg74

>>34531142
Pic related's blade is not a foot long, are you kidding?

>>34531690
Meaning it wouldn't penetrate a foot. Use your head.

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>>34531690
You're right, its not quite a foot long.

Mosin nagant with the bayonet attached but no ammo

It's a spear but better

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>>34530660
my body.

>>34531147
>horse 800-2k lbs
>bear 500-800 lbs
fuck you

Katana. Do a spinning side sword sweep and cut the bear in half perfectly down the middle

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>>34530660
DËR LEICHTTRAKTOR

>>34531864
>Including the boot extension, may I add

>>34531915
Somebody has never heard of coastal grizz

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Yall are like
> spear, polearm, halberd ect.

Yea it's got length, and thrust, but one forgets that bears swat attack. He's gonna swat that spear out of your hand. Answer : rapier

>>34532311
if unironic, then I'm afraid you have crippling autism

>>34531737
Different anon. I'm arguing against tgis thing. Heavy lance is the ideal weapon.

>>34531915
Polar Bear male averages around 1000lbs, and commonly up to 1500lbs. Largest one ever recorded weighed 2200lbs.

You're actual point isn't wrong though, and metal hafted spears exist anyway.

>>34530690
slinky neck bitch

every time punch her head bounce back like slinky or bobble head jej

To anyone saying chainsaw, why? You'd need to hit it in the neck or head and hope it was fatal. Bones, tendons, blood and muscle tend to fuck with a chainsaw quick

>>34530663
Boar spear or anything with a crossguard. Boars are big heavy things and you want every advantage to keep them at bay.

>>34530665
Throat, but I'd settle for getting the spear in the beast at all.

>>34530792
bonzai BANZAI!

>>34532311
Wouldn't do enough damage for an instant kill. Brings you into mauling range so you really only have one change.

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>>34530777
>bonzai
>fucking bonzai

>>34530660
A tank, with a big ass spike on front

>>34531875
A bayonet on a rifle will always be a worse melee weapon than a purpose-built spear.

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>>34530660
Spear is the only correct answer, it's how native Americans killed the fuckers.

>>34531249
Editing is kinda cancer, but that's still a really impressive hunt. Notice he had to close the comments, too, yet anti-gunners often go on rants about how hunters should "give the animals a chance". Kinda hard to give them more a chance than spear hunting.

>>34531875
> "DUDE NUGGETS LMAO"

>>34530848
Underrated

>>34531249
Hah, and to think there's all these retards saying a bear's hide is way to thick to be pierced without butting a weapon to the ground. Meanwhile a completely unsupported spear easily penetrates.

>>34530660
I would use another bear. The plan is to record the awesome ensuing bear fight. Also just assumr the bear is fully undet my control, go with the hypothetical.

>>34530660
pike with crossguard 2 feet from the blade and counterpointed base.

Goad bear into charging me, plant base, skewer.

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>>34530660
Electrified riot shield. Don't know if it has enough current to knock out a bear but if it does the kill can then be accomplished with a pocket knife.

>>34531222
post pic of fucked up laptop naow or are you lying

i wanna see the fucked up laptop

>>34533327
That post was almost five hours ago. Do you think he spit coffee all over it then just left it and walked away.
Most likely he is like a normal person and cleaned it up after he made a mess.

Does an exploding sledgehammer count? Say I strap a claymore to the head of it

>>34533222
>>34530999
>>34530888
>>34530777
Trips for the win

>>34533384
le ebis trups

>>34530660

I melee the bear, with a bigger bear.

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>>34530777
>22" chainsaw
This plus crazy Canadian guy's bear suit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6BbvCC0VI0

>>34532701
Good thing a mosin is the best melee weapon ever

Knuckle Dusters

Punch the bear

>>34531249
Woah dude, that penetration is actually INTENSE, jesus fuck. I was gonna say some dumb shit like a halberd or a billhook, but a straight pike would work just as well.

>>34532311
Rapier only has enough reach advantage to be useful against a human that will stop for sure when stabbed because you're duelling, a bear needs to die before it can simply move past your range, into it's own range, without much thought for the needle your stabbing it with. The bear may or may not die later, but that isn't gonna be enough to save you from the bear.

>>34532955
DUDE SMOKE THIS NUG LMAO

>what?
A sink.
>where?
In the bear of course.

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>>34533353

>like a normal person

Why hasn't anyone mentioned tomahawks?

Are they not meme'le weypunz?

>>34531222
post it bro i wanna see the fucked up laptop

>>34536274
>tfw I'll never be this stupid

Turns out all you need is about a 5 inch knife and a shitload of adrenaline.

https://youtu.be/gP3dhhJOBvQ

>>34530660
Alcohol.

Drunk bear is just another russian deep down inside.

>>34530660
bulldozer

>>34530660
two handed scimitar.

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does this count?

>>34531945
>not teleporting behind the bear 1st
heh. amateur

>>34530660
The pen, because the pen is mightier than the sword.

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>>34530660

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>>34530660
Truck of peace.

>>34531222
i must now see the laptop

>>34530683
I'm running through this in my head
>bear charges
>plant spear into ground
>bear swats spear to side
>moves jaws past spear
>I am kill

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>>34530660
A pike.

That's the only correct answer. A spear might miss, too risky. Keep the bear at a distance by having it charge right into a pike.

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>>34536271
>Why hasn't anyone mentioned tomahawks?
Because a tomahawk would be worthless against a bear.

>>34537470
did no one say desert eagle in that thread?

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Bolas so i can have a chance at wrapping these around its front legs

>>34537768
A pike is a lot harder to use, and especially difficult against a single target. Theoretically you could get a second shot with a spear, but if the bear doesn't just shatter your very long shaft you are likely to just not hit it.

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>>34537832
You're fucked mate

>>34532311
Real life bear hunters limited to melee weapons used spears with a crosspiece. Guys with swords were generally bear food.

>>34537847
Bears don't know what pikes are. It will run straight at you, just hold the pike between you and it and the bear will turn itself into a shishkebab.

>>34532311
>>34537646
this

Lets assume a bear is just smart enough to not impale itself. You can plant the spear to prevent backwards movement. This does not prevent sideways movement. If the bear can establish that the spear is between you and it, I imagine it would move it to the side out of its way.

Not trying to be a nay sayer, I'm just asking, how does a spearman handle this?

>>34530690
Who is this qt?

>>34537934
I don't think bears work that way.