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It was a weapon of rebels and revolting peasants who couldn't get proper weapons (hence the associations) not the weapon of choice of the imperial army.
by PepeGomez 10y ago
It was a weapon of rebels and revolting peasants who couldn't get proper weapons (hence the associations) not the weapon of choice of the imperial army.
- mcguire 10y agoSource?
- PepeGomez 10y agoI meant these, but I've noticed that the article acknowledges they existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_%28weapon%29#The_peasant_flail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_%28weapon%29#The_peasant...
- sgnelson 10y agoforging a spiked ball would be much harder than forging a pointy head for a pike. (even just in terms of material used. And forget about forging a real chain to go with that spiky ball)
- PepeGomez 10y agoI suppose they wouldn't be very useful against any decently armored opponent.